Description

Perennials. Inflorescence of 2-many racemes, usually arranged subdigitately but sometimes along a central axis. Spikelets adaxial, dorsally flattened, borne singly along the racemes. Lower glume 0. Upper glume as long as spikelet; lower lemma similar, without a palea. Upper lemma crustaceous.  In Zimbabwe, the genus consists of two introduced lawn grasses.