Muhlenbergia implicata (Kunth) Trin.

Muhlenbergia implicata (H.B.K.) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 63 1829.
Podosaemum impUcalum H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 127. 1815.
Trichochloa implicata R. & S. Syst. Veg. 2: 385. 1817. (Based on Podosaemum implicatum H.B.K.) Agrostis implicata Spreng. Syst. 1: 262. 1825. (Based on Podosaemum implicatum H.B.K.) MjiWenfcecgfa erec(a Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 231. 1830. (Type from Mexico, //aente.) Not M. creda Schreb. 1807.
Annual; culms slender, puberulent, branching near base, erect or spreading; sheaths glabrous, mostly shorter than the internodes; ligule about 3 mm. long; blades flat or loosely involute, glabrous beneath, pubescent on the upper surface, scabrous on the margins, less than 10 cm. long and 2 ram. wide; panicles terminating the culms and branches, rather narrow, loose and open, 5-15 cm. long, the axis puberulent, the branches capillary, spreading, somewhat distant, the scabrous branchlets and somewhat distant curved and implicate glabrous pedicels spreading, the pedicels enlarged for 1 mm. below the spikelets; glumes thin, broad, unequal, truncate and somewhat erose at apex, the second about 0.5 mm. long, the first about half as long as the second; lemma very narrow, scaberulous on the 5 prominent nerves, 3 ram. long, the callus pubescent, the apex 2-toothed, the teeth extending into minute awns; awn scabrous, nearly straight, 1.5-2 era. long.
Type locality: Near Lake Cuiseo and Puerto de Andaracuas. Distribution: Open sterile or rocky soil, Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.