<i>Atherosperma moschatum</i>, Labill.,
<i>N.0. Monimiaceae</i>; called <i>Native Sassafras</i>,
from the odour of its bark, due to an essential oil
closely resembling true Sassafras in odour. (Maiden.)
<i>Beilschmiedia obtusifolia</i>, Benth.,
<i>N.0. Lauraceae</i>; called <i>Queensland Sassafras</i>,
a large and handsome tree.
<i>Cryptocarya glaucescens</i>, R. Br., <i>N.0. Lauraceae</i>;
the <i>Sassafras</i> of the early days of New South Wales, and
now called <i>Black Sassafras</i>.
<i>Daphnandra micrantha</i>, Benth., <i>N.0. Monimiaceae</i>,
called also <i>Satinwood</i>, and <i>Light Yellow-wood</i>.
<i>Doryphora sassafras</i>, Endl., <i>N.0. Monimiaceae</i>.
Grey Sassafras is the <i>Moreton-Bay Laurel</i>.
See <i>Laurel</i>.
The New Zealand Sassafras is <i>Laurelia novae-zelandiae</i>.
1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 134:
"The leaves of these have been used as substitutes for tea in
the colony, as have also the leaves and bark of <i>Cryptocarya
glaucescens</i>, the Australian sassafras."
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 166:
"The beautiful Tasmanian sassafras-tree is also a dweller in
some parts of our fern-tree valleys. . . . The flowers are
white and fragrant, the leaves large and bright green, and the
bark has a most aromatic scent, besides being, in a decoction,
an excellent tonic medicine. . . . The sawyers and other
bushmen familiar with the tree call it indiscriminately
`saucifax,' `sarserfrax,' and `satisfaction.'"
1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 206:
"A Tasmanian timber. Height, 40 ft.; dia., 14 in. Found on
low, marshy ground. Used for sashes and doorframes."
1894. `Melbourne Museum Catalogue--Economic Woods,' No. 36:
"<i>Atherosperma moschatum</i>, Victorian sassafras-tree,
<i>N.O. Monimiaceae</i>."
<hw>Satin-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Satin
Bower-bird</i>. See <i>Bower-bird</i>.
1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,'
vol. xv. p. 264: