a Tasmanian shrub, Anodopetalumbiglandulosum, Cunn., N.O. Saxifrageae. HorizontalScrub, peculiar to the island, occurs in the western forests;it derives its name from the direction of the growth of itslower stems, and constitutes a tedious obstacle to the progressof the traveller.
1888. R. M. Johnston, `Geology of Tasmania' [Introd. p. vii:
«The Horizontal is a tall shrub or tree. . . . Its peculiarhabit – – to which it owes its name and fame – – is for the main stemto assume a horizontal and drooping position after attaining aconsiderable height, from which ascend secondary branches whichin turn assume the same horizontal habit. From these springtertiary branchlets, all of which interlock, and form . . .an almost impenetrable mass of vegetation.»
1891. `The Australasian,' April 4: «That stuff as they callshorizontal, a mess of branches and root.»