Annual; culms 40–75 cm. high. Leaf-blades linear, 2–10 cm. long, 3–9 mm. wide. Inflorescence of 2–7 racemes on an axis 4–7 cm. long; racemes 1–5 cm. long, their rhachis sparsely long-ciliate. Spikelets 3.2–3.8 mm. long; lower glume sparsely pubescent; upper lemma 2 mm. long, smooth, shiny, obtuse. Fig. 138.
Range
DISTR. T4
Altitude range
1100 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Mpanda District Lake Katavi, 3 Apr. 1961, Boaler 246!