Homolepis Chase

Spikelets lanceolate-acuminate, rather large, in open panicles; glumes similar, equal, or the first a little shorter, 7-to 9-nerved, completely covering the sterile lemma and fertile floret; sterile lemma thinner than the glumes, 7-nerved, villous between the lateral nerves, the back flat, the margins clasping the fertile floret; fruit acuminate, indurate, smooth and shining, the margins of the lemma broad, flat, or inrolled toward the tip.