Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. ' The former`cognomen' peculiarizing [sic] the newly-arrived emigrant;the latter as a mark of respect attached to the moreexperienced colonist. quadrivalvis, or `She-oak,'a name, I believe, adapted from the North American `Sheack'though more nearly allied botanically to the Northern the name given to certainspecies of Triodia, of which the more important areT.
See Phasmid. [Footnote]: This is afictitious name, as are the names of many Australian plants andanimals. Murray's Preface to Part I. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol.
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