Eragrostis friesii Pilg.

Spikelets 5.5–13 × 1.8–2 mm, narrowly oblong to oblong, laterally compressed, 12–25-flowered, the florets disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla persistent; glumes unequal, reaching to just beyond the middle of the adjacent lemmas, keeled, lanceolate in profile, glabrous, acute at the apex, the inferior 0.8–1.3 mm long, the superior 1.2–1.6 mm long; lemmas 1.7–2.2 mm long, keeled, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate in profile, membranous with distinct lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at c. 45°, those in opposite rows not imbricate and the rhachilla visible between them, dark olive-green, glabrous, subacute at the apex; palea deciduous with the lemma, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, scaberulous; anthers 3, 0.9–1.1 mm long.