Open tufts, rather stiffly erect; leaves about ½ length of culms to only slightly shorter; new shoots extravaginal. Sheaths brownish or often purpled above, glabrous or long-hairy; collar hairs 1.5-2.5 mm long; ligule ± 0.2 mm long; lamina to 15-(20) cm long, usually folded, sometimes flat with inrolled margins, to 2 mm wide, glabrous or often with few scattered long hairs near collar, sometimes almost all leaves with some long hairs, margins occasionally finely scabrous. Culms up to 30-(50) cm tall, glabrous, minutely scabrous below inflorescence. Panicle usually erect, dark purple, up to 3.5—(8.5) cm long; rhachis and pedicels densely but shortly scabrous, often with very slightly longer hairs above branch axils. Spikelets 3-(4)-flowered, awns exserted from glumes. Glumes usually dark purpled centrally, lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 6.5-9 mm long, ± equal, 3-(5)-nerved. Lemma 1.5-2.5 mm long, 9-nerved, upper row of hairs continuous, > or ± = lemma lobes, lower row of marginal tufts and a few weak central tufts, or ± continuous, elsewhere predominantly glabrous, occasionally with some few isolated hairs between rows, margins hair-fringed; lemma lobes 2.7-3.5 mm long, tapering, awnless or very finely awn-tipped. Central awn 6-8.5 mm long; column 1-1.5 mm long, > or ± = palea, < upper lemma hairs. Palea 2.5-3 mm long, much < upper lemma hairs, glabrous or occasionally with 1-2 long hairs between keels and on margins. Callus 0.2-0.3- (0.5) mm long, with a few short scattered marginal hairs not, or barely, reaching lower lemma hairs. Rhachilla 0.8-1.2 mm long. Anthers 0.5-0.8- (1.1) mm long. Caryopsis 1.1-1.3 × 0.6 mm;embryo 0.5-0.7 mm long; hilum 0.2-0.3 mm long. Endemic.

2n = 24

n = 12

Open tufts, rather stiffly erect; leaves about ½ length of culms to only slightly shorter; branching extravaginal. Leaf-sheath brownish or often purplish above, glabrous or long-hairy; apical tuft of hairs 1.5-2.5 mm. Ligule ± 0.2 mm. Leaf-blade to 15-(20) cm, usually folded, sometimes flat and margins inrolled, to 2 mm wide, glabrous or often a few scattered long hairs near collar, sometimes almost all leaves with some long hairs, margins occasionally finely scabrid. Culm to 30-(50) cm, internodes smooth but minutely scabrid below inflorescence. Panicle usually erect, dark purple, to 3.5-(8.5) cm; rachis and pedicels densely but shortly scabrid, often with very slightly longer hairs above branch axils. Spikelets 3-(4)-flowered, awns exserted from glumes. Glumes usually dark purplish centrally, lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 6.5-9 mm, ± equal, 3-(5)-nerved. Lemma 1.5-2.5 mm, 9-nerved, upper row of hairs continuous, &gt; or ≈ lemma lobes, lower row of marginal tufts and a few weak central tufts, or ± continuous, elsewhere predominantly glabrous, occasionally some few isolated hairs between rows, margins hair-fringed; lobes 2.7-3.5 mm, tapering, awnless or very finely awn-tipped; central awn 6-8.5 mm, column 1-1.5 mm &lt; upper lemma hairs. Palea 2.5-3 mm, « upper lemma hairs, interkeel and margins glabrous or occasionally 1-2 long hairs. Callus 0.2-0.3-(0.5) mm, a few short scattered marginal hairs not, or barely, reaching lower lemma hairs. Rachilla 0.8-1.2 mm. Anthers 0.5-0.8-(1.1) mm. Caryopsis 1.1-1.3 × 0.6 mm; embryo 0.5-0.7 mm; hilum 0.2-0.3 mm. 2n= 24. Plate 12H.