Coix
(a name applied by Theophrastus to a reed-leaved plant). Job's Tears. ORD. Gramineae. A small genus of curious grasses, chiefly requiring stove heat. The only species usually grown is C. lachryma, which is a native of India, and grows from 2ft. to 4ft. high. This is cultivated out of doors in summer, and its peculiar heavy grey pearly seeds, which hang in clusters out of the sheath, give the plant quite an unique appearance. The seeds, which are about the size of a Cherry-stone, and are very hard, should be sown in heat, in February or March, or later on out of doors.