FTA 9: 407 (1917); Gen. Gram.: 358 (1986).- Type-species: Monocymbium ceresiiforme (Nees) Stapf.
Description:
* Perennials with linear leaves.
* Inflorescence a solitary raceme enclosed by a cymbiform spatheole, loosely gathered into a false panicle. Raceme dense without homogamous pairs; internodes and pedicels short, filiform, ciliate.
* Sessile spikelets dorsally compressed; callus obtuse. Upper lemma ternode. Lower glume coriaceous; upper glume awned. Upper lemma hyaline, bi-lobed with a geniculate awn with a glabrous column. Pedicelled spikelet broadly lanceolate, sub acute or merely spinulose ciliate with linear callus.
A genus of 3 species, occurring in tropical and South Africa.