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The name of Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792–1855), Scottish-born explorer of Australia, used attrib. in Mitchell grass to designate an Australian fodder grass of the genus Astrebla.
1883F. M. Bailey Synopsis Queensland Flora 660 Used for food by the natives. The most valuable fodder-grass of the colony. True Mitchell-grass. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 108/2 The ‘Mitchell grasses’ (Astrebla pectinata) and its varieties, viz., the Wheat (triticoides), the weeping (elymoides), and the curly (curvifolia),..have the most extraordinary vitality. 1909Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 809/2 Mitchell grass is said to be able to survive a rainless period extending over three years. 1927M. M. Bennett Christison v. 55 Curly Mitchell grass shimmered gold and silver. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 27 June 22/1 Bull Mitchell grass and its seed is easily the best feed we have. 1936I. L. Idriess Cattle King xix. 178 Thudding through the Mitchell grass to the crackling of sticks and flying gravel, the mob galloped on. 1948V. Palmer Golconda xix. 153 League upon league of crinkly Mitchell grass. 1965Austral. Encycl. IV. 365/1 Four species of Astrebla (Mitchell grasses) are known. Because the dry leaves remain attached to the plant and support stock in times of drought, they have become famous as fodder plants. |