Semina plurima, rotunda.
Empalement. Sheaths of two valves.
Blossom six petals, spreading; the three innermost petals are more spread out and narrower.
Chives. Three short threads. Tips oblong.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath and oblong. Shaft simple, and very short. Summits three, two-cleft.
Seed-vessel. Capsule three sided, three-furrowed, three cells.
Seeds many, and round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Moræa scapo teriti; foliis radicalibus, lanceolatis, canaliculatis, scapo longiores; floribus terminalibus, tricoloratis.
Moræa with a round flower-stem; the leaves grow from the root, are lance-shaped, channelled, and longer than the flower stem; the flowers are terminal, and three-coloured.