Pistillum. Germen subrotundum, apice pilosum. Stylus setaceus, erectus. Stigma subulatum, sulcatum.
Pericarpium. Capsula tricornuta, unilocularis, disperma.
Semina bina, alata, scabra, nigra.
Empalement. Common cup tiled, the inner scales the longest.
Blossom. General regular composed of seven flowers.
Individuals of one petal, tubular, border four-cleft, the segments rolled back, and supporting the chives.
Chives. Threads four awl-shaped, very short, fixed into the border of the blossom, one within each segment. Tips linear, and upright.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round, the upper part hairy. Shaft awn-like, upright. Summit awl-shaped, and furrowed.
Seed-vessel. Capsule three-horned, of one cell, and two seeds.
Seeds two, winged, rough, and black.