Femineis germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis, cum hermaphroditis æqualis. Stigmata duo, obtusa, revoluta.
Pericarpium nullum. Calyx immutatus.
Semina. Hermaphroditis solitaria, oblonga. Pappus nullus.
Femineis simillima hermaphroditis.
Receptaculum nudum, punctatum, convexum.
Empalement. Common, hemispherical, tiled; scales lying close upon each other; the inner ones becoming gradually larger, skinny at the edge; the innermost terminating in a skinny substance.
Blossom. Compound radiate. Florets with chives and pointals, of the centre, tubular and numerous; those with only pointals, of the ray, twelve or more.
Individuals with chives and pointals, funnel-shaped, five-cleft, open, the length of the cup.
Individuals with only pointals, ligulate, oblong, with three teeth.
Chives. Those with chives and pointals have five, hair-like, very short threads. Tips cylindrical and tubular, scarcely shorter than the blossom.