lily, gordon

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a Tasmanian plantand its flower, Blandfordia marginata, Herb., N.O. Liliaceae, and other species of Blandfordia (q.v.).

1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 72:

«Blandfordia nobilis. This splendid plant is common on thewest coast and on the shores of the Mersey. It bears a head ofpendulous scarlet blossoms tipped with yellow, one inch long,rising out of a stalk of from 1 1/2 to 3 feet long, from betweentwo opposite series of strapshaped leaves. It is named afterGeorge [Gordon] Marquis of Blandford, son of the second Duke ofMarlborough.»

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