Japan Flora: leaves vivid green; panicles narrow with rather erect branches, lanceolate, nodding; lemmas broadly lanceolate, about 3 mm. long, vivid or yellowish green, glabrous, rather acute, the intermediate nerves slender but distinct, glabrous, the midrib and marginal nerves pubescent on lower half, the web distinct; anthers short. May-July. Shaded places in mountains.