aristate

Stamens 4, the anthers mucronate or sometimes aristate at base.

Aristate, awned, i. e. furnished with an arista, like the beard of Barley, &c.,

Aristate, Awn-pointed, and Bristle-pointed, are terms used when this mucronate point is extended into a longer bristle-form or slender appendage.

Scales of the conelet mucronate or aristate.

The first glume is the shortest, ovate, acuminate, aristate or cuspidate, hyaline, glabrous and 3-nerved.