Spikelets acuminate, short-pedicellate in dense spike-like or interrupted pan-icles; first glume acute or acuminate, 3-to 5-nerved, one-third to half as long as the spikelet, remote, a distinct stipe below the second glume; second glume and sterile lemma exceeding the fruit, 5-nerved, acuminate, the lemma longer than the glume, the tip awn-like; fruit membranaceous, pale, the margins of the lemma not inrolled, the tip of the palea not enclosed.