Tall reed. Sheath-mounth densely covered with long hairs; ligule 2 mm long, truncate, shortly ciliate on dorsal side; blade 2 cm wide, apex attenuate. Panicle large, open. Spikelets 2-5-flowered, 5-6 mm long; glumes membranous,lanceolate; the lower 1.5 mm long, apex acute or rounded; the upper 2 mm long, apex acute, 1-nerved; lowest lemma 4 mm long, 3-nerved; second lemma membranousss, 5 mm logn, margins long ciliate, 3-nerved, apex sinus, middle nerve extending into a recurved awn; palea membranous, 3 mm long, 2-keeled, apex slightly cleft, minutely ciliate along keels.

KAOHSIUNG: Liukuei, Hsu 13701.

Eastern India, Burma, Malaya and China.