ovate

• The second glume is somewhat membranous, ovate, acute and 3-nerved. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
• The second glume is ovate, acute, 3-nerved. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
• The third glume is oblong-ovate, glabrous, flower bearing, paleate; the palea is shorter than the glume, 2-nerved, splitting into two between the nerves. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
• The third glume is oblong-ovate, lanceolate, 2-fid at the apex, and awned in the sinus, awn being about 1/4 inch long bearded at the base, the margins are slightly ciliate up to about the middle and then closely ciliate with long hairs almost to the tip, but not to the tip; on the two sides of the dorsal nerve there are two shallow grooves one on each side, with short scattered appressed hairs; the palea is narrow oblanceolate, minutely 2-fid at the tip, with margins folded inward and embracing the stamens_, ovary and the lodicules_. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
• The first glume is small, oblong-ovate or oblong, 1-nerved with a scabrid keel. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses

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