Pistillum. Germen sulcatum, superum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine et situ staminium. Stigma obtuse-trigonum, assurgens.

Pericarpium. Capsula trigona, trilocularis, trivalvis.

Semina plurima, subrotunda.

Empalement. None.

Blossom, has six segments, of a funnel bell-shape.

Chives. Six awl-shaped threads, the length of the blossom, bent downwards; the upper ones the shortest. Tips oblong, fixed by their sides, and turned up at the ends.

Pointal. Seed-bud furrowed, and above. Shaft thread-shaped, of the length and position of the chives. Summit bluntly three-cornered, turned up at the point.

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

Seeds many, nearly round.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.