Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) Hubb.  Stout perennial grass  Branches minutely velvety pubescent, ascending, 15-25 cm long  Leaves 7.5-15 cm long, involute, terete, ending in sharp spiny tips  Sheaths short; ligule a narrow line of hairs  Inflorescence a spike-like panicle, upto 10 cm long, solitary.  Spikelets densely imbricate, about 2.5 mm long  Glume 3, all 1-nerved and with ciliate keel  Lower involucral glume about 1.5 mm long, linear-oblanceolate, spiculate  Floral glume about 2.5 mm long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse  Palea about 2 mm long, bifid, with ciliate lobes  Stamens usually 2, rarely 3, filaments very long  Anthers short