Pericarpium. Capsula subrotunda trisulcata, trilocularis, trivalvis.
Semina plura, oblonga.
Empalement, none.
Blossom. Six petals, adhering by the claws, oblong, concave, spreading; the three interior ones hanging forwards.
Chives. Threads six, contiguous at the base, very short, spreading a little; the lower one bent down. Five of the tips are oblong, curved, upright, splitting at the end, with four obtuse teeth; but the other is bent down, very large, and two-cleft at the end.
Pointal. Seed-bud three-sided, obtuse. Shaft thread-shaped, bent downward, and the length of the lower chive. Summit rather sharp-pointed.
Seed-vessel. Capsule roundish, three-furrowed, three cells, three valves.
Seeds many, oblong.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Cyanella caule folioso, paniculato; racemis divaricatis; foliis lanceolatis, undulatis; floribus cæruleis.