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Herbs annual, 2--5 cm tall, densely tufted. Leaf sheath hyaline at margin; leaf blade linear to filiform, 0.7--2.5 cm, apex acute. Scapes thin, 1.2--5 cm, base surrounded by reduced, sheathlike leaves. Inflorescences 6--13-flowered; bracts ciliate at margin, apex obtuse, outer one sessile, ovate, 3--3.5 mm, inner one shortly stalked, suborbicular, 2.5--3 mm. Bracteoles 2, opposite, oblong or linear, ca. 2 mm. Stamen 1; filament 2--3 mm; anther ovoid. Carpels 14, free, adnate laterally to carpophore. Styles free, unequal, 1--3 mm, basal longest. Fruit small, membranous. Seeds yellowish brown, ovoid. Fl. and fr. Nov--Feb.
Annual, unbranched, 3-8 cm tall. Leaves 15-25 mm, tip acute; sheath 4 mm long, glabrous, ciliate. Scapes 2-7 cm. Bracts each obtuse, ciliate, and 6-11-flowered; outer bract ovate, 3-4 mm long, sessile, inner bract suborbicular, 2.5-3 mm long, short-stalked. Glumes 2, opposite, oblong or linear, 2-3 mm long. Filament 3 mm. Carpels 10-20, distinct, adnate laterally to a carpophore; styles free, unequal in length, 1-3 mm, the lower most one the longest.
