Abstract:A new variety, Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.) P. Beauv. var. brevispiculatus How ex Y. F. Deng, is validly published here. It differs from var. polystachyos in its culms 8~15 cm tall, anthela rays abbreviated or nearly absent, spikelets many, congested into nearly a head, 4~7 mm, 6~14-flowered, scales brown or yellowish-brown.