Digitaria Haller f.

Glumes 2 with 1 sterile lemma (Fig. 50 a) Digitaria
Rhachis with spikelets to the base or devoid of spikelets up to 1 cm from the base
Spikelets hirsute to glabrous
Plants tufted. Culms sometimes bent near the base and rooting at the nodes but never with prostrate stolons
Hairs on the spikelets crinkled. Spikelets pallid to purple
Hairs on the spikelets not crinkled