linear-oblong

The _first glume_ is 1/5 inch long or less, oblong or linear-oblong, cartilaginous below the middle, with two to four (or rarely up to six) marginal nodules on each edge, sometimes these are connected by shallow ridges, thinner above the middle, with green anastomosing veins, tip obtuse or 2-toothed, and margins narrowly incurved.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

The _fourth glume_ is shorter than the third, linear-oblong, mucronate or very shortly awned at the apex, paleate; _palea_ about two-thirds the length of the glume, lanceolate.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

The first and the second glumes are nearly equal, rather chartaceous. linear-oblong, acute or acuminate, many-nerved.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

Spikelets less compressed, linear or linear-oblong; lateral nerves less prominent; not fascicled, long pedicellate and divaricate when ripe.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

The _spikelets_ are ovate-oblong or linear-oblong, pale or purplish 1/6 to 1/2 inch, up to 50-flowered, rachilla is tough with very short internodes.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

The _third glume_ is hyaline, linear-oblong, glabrous and thinly ciliate at the tip or not with or without stamens.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

Fronds one to two feet long, linear-oblong or lanceolate, pinnate, acute.

The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton

The lower pinnæ pinnately parted into three to five divisions, those of the fertile fronds oblong or linear-oblong; those of the sterile, obovate or ovate, crenulate, decurrent at the base.

The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton

The leaves are ¼in. long, aggregate or in miniature rosettes; in shape, linear-oblong, recurved, and keeled.

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood

Floral _glumes_ also are small but slightly longer than the empty ones, ovate-oblong, obtuse and paleate, palea is linear-oblong with smooth or scabrid keels.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari