sword-sedge

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

a sedge on Australian coasts, Lepidosperma gladiatum, Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae,useful for binding sea-sand, and yielding a good materialfor paper.

1877. Baron von Mueller, `Botanic Teachings,' p. 124:

«Lepidosperma is nearly endemically Australian. Lepidospermagladiatum, the great Swords-edge [sic] of our coasts, furnishesan admirable material for writing paper.»

[It is curious that Swords-edge makes most ingenioussense, but it is evidently a misprint for Sword-sedge.]

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