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.