The flowering glume is awned, strongly 5-nerved, nerves scabrid and ciliate, the lateral nerves being marginal.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

Spikelets are 1 - to 2-flowered, jointed on very short pedicels which bear persistent scabrid or barbed bristles (modified branchlets).    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

In most grasses the surfaces are rough or scabrid to the touch owing to the presence of regular rows of exceedingly fine sharp pointed minute hairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

3-nerved, paleate; palea is complicate; keels are strong, scabrid or ciliate.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

1-nerved, keeled, keel obscurely scabrid, very unequal, the first glume being always shorter than the second glume.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

The rachis is fine and scabrid.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

1-nerved, and with scabrid keel.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

2-nerved and with two scabrid keels.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference