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Lamarckia (J. B. Lamarck, 1744-1829; distinguished French naturalist, author of the Lamarckian
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philosophy of organic evolution). Gramineae. An ornamental annual grass, often cult, under the
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name of Chrysurus cynosuroides and C. aureus. Spikelets of two kinds, the fertile 1-fld.,
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long-awned, surrounded by the long sterile spikelets of many obtuse glumes, arranged in a 1-sided
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crowded panicle.—Contains a single species, native from Medit. region to Afghanistan, intro. in
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Calif. Seeds may be sown in the spring, or better in the fall, and plants set out in the spring. L.
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aurea, Moench. (Achyrodes aurea, Kuntze). Golden-Top. Fig. 2063. Culms 6-12 in. high. R.H.
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1890, p. 546. Dept. Agric., Div. Agrost. 20:147.—A handsome grass with oblong feathery golden
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yellow rather dense panicles 2-3 in. long.
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Read about Lamarckia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lamarckia (J. B. Lamarck, 1744-1829; distinguished French naturalist, author of the Lamarckian philosophy of organic evolution). Gramineae. An ornamental annual grass, often cult, under the name of Chrysurus cynosuroides and C. aureus. Spikelets of two kinds, the fertile 1-fld., long-awned, surrounded by the long sterile spikelets of many obtuse glumes, arranged in a 1-sided crowded panicle.—Contains a single species, native from Medit. region to Afghanistan, intro. in Calif. Seeds may be sown in the spring, or better in the fall, and plants set out in the spring. L. aurea, Moench. (Achyrodes aurea, Kuntze). Golden-Top. Fig. 2063. Culms 6-12 in. high. R.H. 1890, p. 546. Dept. Agric., Div. Agrost. 20:147.—A handsome grass with oblong feathery golden yellow rather dense panicles 2-3 in. long.


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