Deyeuxia
(named in honour of Nicholas Deyeux, 1753-1837, a French chemist). SYN. Lachnagrostis. ORD. Gramineae. A genus embracing nearly 120 species of greenhouse or hardy, mostly perennial Grasses, broadly dispersed over the temperate and mountainous regions of the globe. Spikelets one-flowered, variously paniculate; glumes three, the two inferior ones empty; stamens three; panicles terminal. Leaves usually flat. D. elegans variegata is the only plant of the genus yet introduced which is deserving of mention here; it thrives under ordinary treatment. The genus is represented in the British Flora by D. neglecta, a rare species.
D. elegans variegata (elegantly variegated). l. numerous, linear, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, of a deep, bright green, bordered with creamy-yellow. Rootstock thick. New South Wales, 1884. An elegant, greenhouse, foliage plant.