Tristachya bicrinita (J.B.Phipps) Clayton

Densely tufted perennial; culms 60–90 cm. high, robust; basal sheaths thinly pubescent.. Leaf-blades flat, 15–40 cm. long, 2–7 mm. wide.. Panicle lanceolate, 5–17 cm. long, moderately dense, comprising 5–30 triads, each borne at the end of a slender branch; pedicels connate.. Spikelets narrowly lanceolate, 14–23 mm. long, straw-coloured, the lower glume ciliate from black tubercles near the margin; lower glume narrowly lanceolate, as long as the spikelet; upper glume very narrowly lanceolate, as long as or a little shorter than the spikelet, upper lemma 7–9 mm. long, pubescent, bilobed with a tuft of hairs below each lobe, the slender lobes tapering into bristles 3–7 mm. long; central awn 1.5–2.5 cm. long, not deciduous; callus 1 mm. long, pubescent.. Caryopsis hairy on top.