126 
Botanical Name. — Cryptocarya, already explained (see Part III, p. 73); 
glaucescens, Latin, glciucus, bluisli-grey or sky-coloured, in botany glaucous or 
glaucescent (tending to be glaucous), referring to the pale underside of the leaves 
of this tree. 
Vernacular Names, —The earliest names I can find applied to this timber 
are “ Laurel ” and “ Black Pine.” It is often called “She Beech” and “Brown 
Beech,” but the name “ She Beech ” is applied to so many trees, I think it would be 
a convenience to adopt the latter name, although the name is not exclusively applied 
to this tree. Mr. Budder, of Kempsey, sent it to me as “ Scaly Beech.” 
I have known it to be called “Yellow Pine,” at Wvong, and Mr. Andrew 
Murphy tells me that timber-getters in that district also know it by the names of 
“ Native Laurel ” and “ Wliitewood.” 
Aboriginal Names. —It would render an account of this tree clearer if I 
were to give some notes taken from the Catalogues of Northern and Southern 
Timbers, New South Wales, Paris, 1855; London, 1862, without separating them 
into the sub-headings: Vernacular names, Timbers, Size, and Habitat. The 
Southern timbers and those from Brisbane Water were collected by the late Sir 
William Macarthur, and the Northern timbers by the late Mr. Charles Moore. 
(1) “Oorawang” of the Illawarra aborigines; ‘Baa nung ” of the Brisbane Water aborigines. 
“Laurel.” Diameter in inches, 24-28 ; height in feet, 70-120. 
“ A noble tree, with lofty bole and dense foliage. Wood soft, not durable, but useful; not without 
beauty.”—(No. 6, Paris; No. 115, London.) 
(2) “Oorawang” of the Illawarra aborigines. Called “Black Pine” at Brisbane Water. 
“Perishable when exposed to damp, and not esteemed.”—(No. 30, Paris.) 
(3) “ Urri Burrigundie ” of the Clarence and Richmond aborigines. Found in brushes on the 
coast of the Colony generally. 
“ A fine tree, attaining a height of 100 feet in good situations, and from 2 to 3 feet in diameter. 
Timber not used.”—(No. xxv, Northern timbers, London.) 
(4) “ Gulgi ” of the Richmond River aborigines. 
“A magnificent tree in size and appearance, attaining a height of 100 feet, and from 3 to 4 feet in 
diameter. Timber of great durability.”—(No. iv, Northern timbers, London.) 
Leaves. —The leaves of the Cryptocaryas and other Lauraceous trees will be 
tested some day for the Camphors and Essential Oils they contain. They are all 
more or less aromatic. 
Fruit. —The fruits are aromatic and pungent, but certain birds are fond of 
them, according to Mr. Budder, of Kempsey. 
The dejiressed globular shape of the fruit is worthy of notice. At the same 
time it is not always so depressed as in the fruits figured. 
Timber. —-This is one of the brush timbers in regard to which we require 
far more accurate knowledge than we possess at present. Some early notes taken 
from the Catalogues of New South Wales, Northern and Southern woods, shown at 
the Paris Exhibition, 1855, and London, 1862, respectively, will be found under 
“ Aboriginal Names.” The botanical origin of the specimens referred to has been 
accurately ascertained. 
