Eragrostis milnei Launert ex Cope

Spikelets 6–13 × 2.5–3 mm, lanceolate-oblong and tapering to the apex or rarely oblong and not tapering, lightly laterally compressed, 5–18-flowered, the florets disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla persistent; glumes subequal, 1.8–2.5 mm long, reaching to just beyond the middle of the adjacent lemmas, lightly keeled, ovate-lanceolate in profile, glabrous, acute or subacute at the apex; lemma 2.5–3.2 mm long, lightly keeled, narrowly elliptic in profile, thinly membranous with distinct lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at nearly 45°, those in opposite rows not imbricate, the rhachilla visible between them, greyish-green, glabrous, obtuse at the apex; palea deciduous with or soon after the lemma, glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, smooth; anthers 3, 1.2–1.6 mm long.