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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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