Chloris
(from chloros, green). ORD. Gramineae. A genus of very pretty greenhouse or hardy annual grasses. Spikelets one-flowered, awned, singly sessile in two rows on one side of simple spikes, either solitary or digitate at the end of the peduncle, the rachis of the spikelet articulate immediately above the glumes. The few species in cultivation are easily grown in the open air, during the summer months, in a light sandy soil. Propagated by seeds, in a warm situation, during May.
C. barbata (bearded).* fl., spikes 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, many-fascicled; glumes bearded, ciliated; male valves ventricose, bearded. Summer. l. flat, with loose sheaths. h. 1ft. India, 1777.
C. elegans (elegant). fl., spikes numerous, fascicled; glumes keeled, lanceolate, scabrid on the back. l. linear, flat, striated, glabrous on the outer, scabrid on the inner surface. h. 1ft. Mexico. C. radiata (radiate). fl., spikes many-fascicled, nearly erect; florets subulate, smooth. Summer. l. narrow. h. 6in. West Indies, 1739.