HABIT	ERECT OR DECUMBENT, ANNUAL GRASS.
STEMS	SOLITARY OR TUFTED.
LEAVES	OPPOSITE, ELLIPTIC OR OBOVATE, FORM AN ACUTE OR OBTUSE BASE, ACUMINATE OR ROUNDED AT APEX.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE AN OBLONG PANICLE, 10 CM LONG, SPIKELETS TWO FLOWERED, OVATE-OBLONG, EXTREMELY COMPRESSED, PURPLISH-RED WHEN MATURE. 4-7 MM LONG, THE FLORETS CLOSELY IMBRICATE.
FRUITS	CARYOPSIS COMPRESSED, ELLIPSOID, ABOUT 0.8 MM LONG.