trout is the
young. . . . The most common of all Victorian fishes
. . . does not resemble the true salmon in any important
respect . . . It is the <i>A. truttaceus</i> of Cuvier
and Valenciennes."

<hw>Salmon-Trout</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Salmon</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Saloop-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to an erect
soft-stemmed bush, <i>Rhagodia hastata</i>, R. Br.,
<i>N.O. Salsolaceae</i>, one of the Australian Redberries,
two to three feet high. See <i>Redberry</i> and <i>Salt-bush</i>.

<hw>Salsolaceous</hw>, <i>adj</i>. belongs to the natural order
<i>Salsolaceae</i>. The shrubs of the order are not peculiar
to Australia, but are commoner there than elsewhere.

1837. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 906:

"Passing tufts of samphire and <i>salsolaceous</i> plants."

1859. H. Kingsley, `Geoffrey Hamlyn,' c. xlii. (`Century'):

"It is getting hopeless now . . . sand and nothing but sand.
The salsolaceous plants, so long the only vegetation we have
seen, are gone."

<hw>Salt-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. and <i>adj</i>. the wild alkaline
herb or shrub, growing on the interior plains of Australia,
on which horses and sheep feed, of the <i>N.O. Salsolaceae</i>.
The genera are <i>Atriplex, Kochia</i>, and <i>Rhagodia</i>.
Of the large growth, <i>A. nummularium</i>, Lindl.,
and of the dwarf species, <i>A. vesicarium</i>, Heward,
and <i>A. halimoides</i>, Lindl., are the commonest.
Some species bear the additional names of <i>Cabbage
Salt-bush</i>, <i>Old-Man Salt-bush</i>, <i>Small Salt-bush</i>,
<i>Blue-bush</i>, <i>Cotton-bush</i>, <i>Saloop-bush</i>, etc.
Some varieties are very rich in salt. <i>Rhagodia
parabolica</i>, R. Br., for instance, according to
Mr. Stephenson, who accompanied Sir T. Mitchell in one of his
expeditions, yields as much as two ounces of salt by boiling
two pounds of leaves.

1870. T. H. Braim, `New Homes,' c. ii. p. 89:

"This inland salt-bush country suits the settler's purpose
well."

1889. Cassell's `Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iv. p. 144:

"The ground is covered with the sage-coloured salt-bush
all the year round, but in the winter it blooms with flowers."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. xxi. p. 262:

"How glorious it will be to see them pitching into that lovely
salt-bush by the lake."

1892. E. W. Hornung, `Under Two Skies,' p. 11:

"The surrounding miles of salt-bush plains and low monotonous
scrub oppressed her when she wandered abroad. There wa