Melica brasiliana

The species is perennial with elongated rhizomes. Its culms are 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in) long. Culm-internodes scaberulous with leaf-sheaths are tubular with one of their length being closed. They are also erect and connate. Its eciliate membrane is 2–8 millimetres (0.079–0.315 in) long with leaf-blades being lanceolate, stiff, and are 3–17 millimetres (0.12–0.67 in) long and 3.5–9 millimetres (0.14–0.35 in) wide. They also have scabrous margins with apex. The panicle branches are oblong, scaberulous, and are 8–22 centimetres (3.1–8.7 in) long by 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. Its spikelets are obovate, pendulous, solitary and are 11–17 millimetres (0.43–0.67 in) long. Fertile spikelets have hairy, pubescent, curved and filiformed pedicels. Florets are diminished with callus being pubescent as well. The species have a smooth rachilla. Its lemma have ribbed lateral veins, 0.7–1.2 millimetres (0.028–0.047 in) long hairs and have acute apex. It also has a pilose and scaberulous surface. Fertile lemma is chartaceous, elliptic and is 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) long. Sterile floret is 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long and is also barren, cuneate, and is clumped. Lower glumes are obovate and are 11–17 millimetres (0.43–0.67 in) long while the upper glumes are lanceolate and are 8.5–13 millimetres (0.33–0.51 in) long. …