Chloris elegans. Capim catingueiro. 
A rare grass cultivated In the Horto Florestal at 
Joazeiro, where it is considered by Dr. Leo Zehntner, the 
director, an especially promising species. It grows to a 
height of about three feet, producing seed heads of good 
size. The fact that it has proved adapted to semi-arid 
regions makes it of interest to farmers in the South- 
western United States. Its food value is believed by Dr. 
Zehntner to be high. From photograph by F. W. Popenoe, 
Joazeiro, state of Bahia , Brazil, February 24, 1914, No. 
2061. 
