Acritochaete volkensii Pilg.

Straggling annual, decumbent at the base and rooting at the lower nodes; culms weak, 30–60 cm. high.. Leaf-blades 3–14 cm. long, 4–15 mm. wide.. Inflorescence of 2–4 distant racemes, these 3–9 cm. long, loose.. Spikelets 5–6.5 mm. long; lower glume 0.4–1.5 mm. long; upper glume and lower lemma bearing a few tubercle-based bristles and each tapering to a tangled awn 10–20 mm. long; upper lemma with or without an awn-point up to 2 mm. long.. Fig. 149.

Mountains.