Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine floris. Stigma trifidum, minimum.
Pericarpium. Capsula sub-ovata, trilocularis.
Semina plura.
Empalement. Fence sheath-shaped, two-leaved, oblong, bearing a small umbel, after splitting being reflexed.
Blossom one leaf, funnel-shaped. Tube oblong, and cylindrical. Border divided into six segments, that are linearly lance-shaped, concave, and reflexed, of which three alternate ones are marked by a small claw hanging at the lower part.
Chives. Threads six, awl-shaped, growing from the lower part of the border, and of its length, and inclining together. Tips oblong, linear, turned up at the ends, and lying on the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the flower. Summit three-cleft, and very small.
Seed-vessel. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three celled.
Seeds many.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.