r more rigid and outstretched branches,
resemble pine-trees, and others, with theirs drooping gracefully,
resembling large trees of bloom."

1859. D. Bunce, `Australasiatic Reminiscences,' p. 33:

"The trees forming the most interesting groups were the
<i>Casuarina torulosa</i>, she-oak, and <i>C. stricta</i>,
he-oak. . . . The name of the first is said to have been
derived from `sheeac,' the name of an American tree producing
the beef-wood like our she-oak. <i>C. stricta</i>, or he-oak,
has been named in contradistinction to the sexes, as if they
constituted one dioecious plant, whereas they are two perfectly
distinct species."

1860. J. D. Hooker, `Botany of the Antarctic Voyage,'
part iii. [Flora Tasmaniae], p. 348:

"<i>Casuarina suberosa</i>. This is an erect species, growing
15 feet high. . . It is well known as the `He-oak,' in
contradistinction to the <i>C. quadrivalvis</i>, or `She-oak,'
a name, I believe, adapted from the North American `Sheack'
though more nearly allied botanically to the Northern Oaks than
any Tasmanian genus except <i>Fagus</i>, they have nothing to
do with that genus in habit or appearance, nor with the
Canadian `Sheack.'"

1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,' p. 150:

"Within the last mile or two we have passed a few patches of
Shea-oak, growing large, having a very rough and thick bark,
nearly black. They have a dismal appearance."

1868. J. Bonwick, `John Batman, Founder of Victoria,' p.103:

"Even Batman's hill, the memorial of his ancient encampment,
has been levelled; and the she-oaks upon that grassy mound no
longer sigh in the breeze a dirge for the hero of exploration."

1869. `The Argus,' May 25, p. 5, col. 2:

"The she-oak trees, of which there are large quantities in the
sandy soil of the salt-bush country, proved very serviceable
during the late drought. Some of the settlers caused thousands
of she-oaks to be stripped of their boughs, and it was a sight
to see some of the famishing cattle rushing after the men who
were employed in thus supplying the poor animals with the means
of sustaining life. The cattle ate the boughs and the bark
with the greatest avidity, and the bushman's axe as it felled
the she-oak was music to their ears."

1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 258:

"She-oaks are scraggy-looking poles of trees, rather like
fir-trees."

1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 203:

"The rough bark of the she