TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Spathæ bivalves, flores distinguentes, persistentes.
Corolla sexpartita; petala oblonga, obtusa, tria exteriora reflexa, tria interiora erecta, acutiora; omnia unguibus conata.
Stamina. Filamenta tria, subulata, petalis reflexis incumbentia. Antheræ oblongæ, rectæ, depressæ.
Pistillum. Germen inferum, oblongum. Stylus simplex, brevissimus. Stigma maximum, tripartitum, laciniis petala mentientibus, latis, reflexis, stamina et petala alterna deprimentibus, apicibus bifidis.
Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, angulata, trilocularis, trivalvis.
Semina plurima, ovata, glabra.
Empalement. Sheaths of two valves, separating the flowers, permanent.
Blossom with six divisions; petals oblong, blunt, the three outer ones reflexed, the three inner ones upright, and sharper; all connected by the claws.