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Landsborough Austral.|ˈlændzbərə|
The name of a small town in Queensland, used attrib. in Landsborough grass, a pasture grass, Iseilema membranaceum, found in the area, and better known as small Flinders grass.
1883F. M. Bailey Synopsis Queensland Flora 646 The Landsborough grass. A weak, very leafy, brittle grass of a reddish color, one of the most valuable for fodder. 1889[see Barcoo]. 1891R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxii. 294 Anthistiria membranacea, Lindl.—Barcoo grass of Queensland; also called Landsborough grass. West and South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. 1927M. M. Bennett Christison v. 55 Landsborough grass..shimmered gold and silver. 1929J. W. Bews World's Grasses vi. 253 ‘Barcoo’, ‘Landsborough’ or ‘Red Gulf grass’, covers large tracts of the north and interior of Australia. |