Spikelets 7–15 mm long, 7–20-flowered, lanceolate or oblong to elliptic or ovate-elliptic; glumes obliquely lanceolate in profile, acute or subacute, the inferior 2–3 mm long, the superior 3–4 mm long; lemmas 4.5–5 mm long, obliquely ovate in profile, the lateral nerves obsolete below but prominent above.
Racemes 2–3, 5–10 cm long, rigid and straight.