HABIT	ANNUAL, ERECT, SLENDER, TUFTED HERB.
STEMS	SLENDER, TRIQUETROUS, FINELY RIBBED.
LEAVES	FLAT, LINEAR, ACUTE, SCABERULOUS; SHEATHS GREY.
FLOWERS	INFLORESCENCE A COMPOUND UMBEL; SPIKELETS NARROWLY LINEAR, STELLATELY SPREADING.
FRUITS	NUTS SMALL, SUBGLOBOSE, TRIGONOUS, APICULATE, PURPLISH.