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The second glume is thinner than the first, broadly ovate, acute and gibbously convex.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The second glume is equal to the first glume in height, chartaceous, gibbously convex, broadly ovate, acute, 9- to 11-nerved, and with a short wing to the keel at the apex.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Spikes are of one linear joint gibbously bulbous at the base, and jointed on the peduncle at the base of the spathe by a minute curved pedicel.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

The spikelets are white, in two rows on a flattened rachis, obliquely ovoid or gibbously globose, glabrous, sessile, 1/8 inch in length.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.