Eragrostis paradoxa Launert

Spikelets 5.5–8.5 × 3–5 mm, lanceolate-oblong to ovate, rarely oblong, conspicuously tapering to the apex, laterally compressed, 7–11(20)-flowered, the florets disarticulating from below upwards, the rhachilla persistent; glumes subequal, 2.5–3.3 mm long, reaching to 3/4 the way along the adjacent lemmas, keeled, ovate-lanceolate in profile, glabrous, acute at the apex; lemmas 3–3.3 mm long, keeled, elliptic in profile, thinly membranous with distinct lateral nerves, diverging from the rhachilla at nearly 45°, those in opposite rows scarcely imbricate, the rhachilla ± visible between them, greyish-green, glabrous, obtuse or sometimes retuse at the apex; palea deciduous after the lemma (sometimes tardily so), glabrous on the flanks, the keels slender, wingless, smooth or scaberulous; anthers 3, 1.2–1.8 mm long.