laurel

n.

The English tree name is applied in Australia to various trees, viz. – – Alexandrian Laurel – – Calophyllum inophyllum, Linn:, N.O. Guttiferae;not endemic in Australia.

♣ Diamond-leaf L. – – Pittosporum rhombifolium, A. Cunn., N.O. Pittosporeae.

♣ Dodder L. – – Cassytha filiformis, Linn., N.O. Lauraceae;called also Devil's Guts, not endemic in Australia.

♣ Hedge L. (q.v.) – – Pittosporum eugenioides, Cunn.

♣ Moreton Bay L. – – Cryptocarya australis, Benth., N.O. Lauraceae;called also Grey Sassafras.

♣ Native L. – – Pittosporum undulatum, Andr., N.O. Pittosporeae;called also Mock Orange (q.v.). Panax elegans, C. Moore and F. v. M., N.O. Araliaceae; which is also called Light or White Sycamore.

♣ White L. – – Cryptocarya glaucescens, R. Br., N.O. Lauraceae;for other names see Beech.

In Tasmania, the name Native Laurel is applied to Anopterusglandulosus, Lab., N.O. Saxifrageae. Peculiar toTasmania.

The New Zealand Laurel is Laurelia novae-zelandiae;called also Sassafras.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 292:

«Native Laurel, [also called] `Mock Orange.' This tree is wellworth cultivating on a commercial scale for the sake of thesweet perfume of its flowers.»