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Gramen ceespitosum, semipedale vel vix pedale. Culmusadscendens. Vaginew subcompresse, pilis paucis 
longis patentibus secus vaginam sparsis, ad orem numerosis onuste. Ligula brevissime ciliata. Foliorum 
lamina semipollicaris ad pollicaris, acuta, scabriuscula, pilis paucis ciliata. Racemi numerosi, graciles. Spice 
sepius 4 vel 5, subsessiles, 4-5 lin, longew. Rhachis compressa, marginibus minute puberulis, Spicule crebree, 
imbricato-biseriate, vix lineam longe. Gluma inferior interior parva, hyalina, emarginata, superior exterior 
purpurascens, apice breviter emarginato-bifida, glabra, nervo dorsali viridi, scabriusculo, in mucronem brevem 
producto. Flos hermaphroditus unicus, basi dense ciliatus. Palea exterior triloba, laciniis lateralibus ad latus 
interius aristatis, lacinia intermedia biloba inter lobos aristata ; aristee omnes subequales gluma subdimidio 
longiores. Palea interior triloba, exteriore paullo brevior, lacinia media breviter bifida, bicarinata, nervis in 
aristas breves productis. Stamina 3. Squamelle minutissime, vix conspicue. Ovarium obovoideum. Styli 
plumosi, purpurei. Flores steriles 2, inferior constans ex aristis 3 et paleis 3 brevibus, quarum 2 obovate 
inferiores (vel palea inferior bipartita), tertia superior latissima emarginato-truncata. Flos terminalis breviter 
stipitatus, constans e palea unica obovata ex aristata, 
