Semina plurima, globosa.

Empalement, none.

Blossom one leaf, cylindrical, divided into six; tube gouty; the three outer divisions the shortest.

Chives. Threads six, awl-shaped, the length of the blossom, fixed into the base of the divisions of the blossom. Tips oblong, laying on the threads.

Pointal. Seed-bud three-sided, three-furrowed. Shaft simple, a little longer than the blossom. Summit blunt.

Seed-vessel. Capsule three-sided, three cells, three valves.

Seeds many, globular.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Lachenalia foliis longissimis, ovato-oblongis, immaculatis; corollis speciocissimis, maximis, tricoloratis, pedunculatis, cernuis.

Lachenalia with very long egg-shaped oblong leaves, without spots; blossoms very shewy, large, three-coloured, having foot-stalks, and nodding.