ash

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


The name, with various epithets, isapplied to the following different Australasian trees – – Black Ash – – Nephelium semiglaucum, F. v. M.,

N.O. Sapindaceae; called also Wild Quince.

♣ Black Mountain A. – – Eucalyptus leucoxylon, F. v. M.,

N.O. Myrtaceae.

♣ Blue A. – – Elaeodendron australe, Vent., N.O. Celastrinae.

♣ Blueberry A. – – Elaeocarpus holopetalus, F. v. M.,

N.O. Tiliaceae.

♣ Brush Apple – – Acronychia baueri, Schott. (of Illawarra, N.S.W.).

♣ Crow's A. – – Flindersia australis, R. Br., N.O. Meliaceae.

Elderberry A. (of Victoria) – – Panax sambucifolius, Sieb., N.O. Araliaceae.

♣ Illawarra A. – – Elaeocarpus kirtonia, F. v. M., N.O. Tiliaceae.

♣ Moreton Bay A. – – Eucalyptus tessellaris, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae.

♣ Mountain A. (see Mountain Ash).

♣ New Zealand A. (see Titoki).

♣ Pigeonberry A. – – Elaeocarpus obovatus, G. Don., N.O. Tiliaceae.

♣ Red A. – – Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss, N.O. Rhamnaceae.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 75:

«The Moreton Bay Ash (a species of Eucalyptus). ..washere also very plentiful.»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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