Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis.
Semina plura, subrotunda.
Empalement. Sheath two valves.
Blossom, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their claws formed into a tube.
Chives. Three awl-shaped threads, fixed into the alternate divisions of the petals. Tips oblong.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. Summit cut into three, and concave.
Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three valves.
Seeds many, nearly round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus, foliis lineari-cruciatis; floribus maximis, versicoloribus.