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The first glume is hyaline very small, nerveless or one-nerved, subacute or subobtuse; the second glume is much longer than the first glume, ovate-oblong subacute, keeled, membranous and one-nerved.

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

The fourth glume is elliptic-oblong, plano-convex, subobtuse, smooth or shining, though faintly striate, coriaceous with incurved margins; palea is coriaceous, as long as the glume, elliptic, faintly striate.

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

The third glume is thin, membranous, shorter than the second glume, linear-oblong, subobtuse or acute at the tip and nerveless.

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