Annual; culms spreading, 10-30 cm. long; nodes hispidulous; blades flat, distantly setulose on the thick-ened margin, sparingly pilose near the base, 2-5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide; raceme 2-4 cm. long; spikelets about 5 mm. long; first glume a little short-er than the equal second glume and sterile lemma, laterally compressed, narrowed to the middle and then wid-ened to a rounded crest-like tip, pilose on the lower part of the keel; second glume laterally compressed above, nar-rowed to a crest-like acute tip, pilose at the base, sparingly villous on the lower half of the back, 5-nerved, cross-ridged toward the apex; sterile lemma similar to the second glume, the crested tip less acute; fertile lemma acute, shorter than the second glume.
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