Lamarckia
(named after J. B. Lamarck, 1744-1829, the great French naturalist). SYN. Chrysurus. ORD. Gramineae. A monotypic genus. The species is a pretty, many-stemmed, low, annual grass, generally included by seedsmen in collections of ornamental grasses. It thrives when sown in spring, in the open border, but attains a larger size if treated as recommended for Lagurus (which see). L. aurea (golden).* fl., inflorescence in simple crowded panicles spikelets stalked, two-flowered, one fertile and the other sterile, South Europe and North Africa.