Eragrostis brainii (Stent) Launert

Spikelets 2.5–3.5 × 1–1.5 mm, ovate or elliptic-oblong, laterally compressed, 3–4-flowered, the lemmas disarticulating from below upwards but the rhachilla becoming fragile early on; glumes unequal, reaching to about the middle of the adjacent lemmas, keeled, lanceolate to narrowly ovate in profile, scaberulous on the keel, acute at the apex, the inferior 1.3–1.5 mm long, the superior 1.6–2 mm long; lemmas 2.2–2.5 mm long, keeled, narrowly ovate in profile, firmly membranous with somewhat obscure lateral nerves, ± appressed to the rhachilla, those in opposite rows scarcely imbricate, the rhachilla just visible between them, green or variegated with purple, faintly scaberulous on the keel, acute at the apex; palea persistent, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, scabrid; anthers 3, 0.8–1 mm long.