the fact that it is
descended from an apparently worthless, weedy plant, indicates
that the present species is capable of much improvement by
cultivation."

(2) In Tasmania <i>Geranium dissectum</i>, Linn., is also
called "native carrot."

<hw>Cascarilla, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian timber,
<i>Croton verreauxii</i>, Baill., <i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 408:

"Native cascarilla. A small tree; wood of a yellowish colour,
close-grained and firm."

<hw>Cassowary</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word is Malay, the genus
being found in "the Islands in the Indian Archipelago."
(`O.E.D.') The Australian variety is <i>Casuarius
australis</i>, Waller. The name is often erroneously applied
(as in the first two quotations), to the Emu (q.v.), which is
not a Cassowary.

1789. Governor Phillip, `Voyage,' c. xxii. p. 271:

"New Holland Cassowary. [Description given.] This bird is not
uncommon to New Holland, as several of them have been seen
about Botany Bay, and other parts. . . . Although this bird
cannot fly, it runs so swiftly that a greyhound can scarcely
overtake it. The flesh is said to be in taste not unlike
beef."

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,'
c. xi. p. 438:

"The cassowary of New South Wales is larger in all respects
than the well-known bird called the cassowary."

1869. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia' (Supplement):

"<i>Casuarius Australis</i>, Wall., Australian Cassowary,
sometimes called Black Emu."

1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 73:

"One day an egg of a cassowary was brought to me; this bird,
although it is nearly akin to the ostrich and emu, does not,
like the latter, frequent the open plains, but the thick
brushwood. The Australian cassowary is found in Northern
Queensland from Herbert river northwards, in all the large
vine-scrubs on the banks of the rivers, and on the high
mountains of the coasts."

Ibid. p. 97.

"The proud cassowary, the stateliest bird of Australia
. . . this beautiful and comparatively rare creature.'"

1891. `Guide to Zoological Gardens, Melbourne':

"The Australian cassowary. . . . They are somewhat shorter
and stouter in build than the emu."

<hw>Casuarina</hw>, <i>n</i>. the scientific name of a large
group of trees common to India, and other parts lying between
India and Australasia, but more numerous in Australia than
elsewhere, and often forming a characteristic feature of t