distichous
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Spikelets are very minute, one-flowered, half immersed in the alternating distichous cavities of the rachis of the spike; rachilla is bearded.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
In some the general hue is orange brown with obscure annuli; the arrangement of the hair is distichous or in two rows.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
Male spikelets are 1- to 2-flowered, subsessile, distichous, jointed on rigid peduncled spikes, which are collected in umbels and surrounded by spathaceous leafy bracts.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Stems are stout below with distichous leaves and very slender above, 2 to 3-1/2 feet long.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The leaf-sheaths are distichous, compressed, glabrous or rarely hairy.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
