Nectaria quatuor; singulum squamula debilia, minima, singulo germini ad basin extrorsum inserta.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, brevia, quorum quatuor medio, quatuor vero ad basin corollæ adnatæ. Antheræ subrotundæ simplices.
Pistillum. Germina quatuor, oblonga, definentia in stylos subulatos. Stigmata obtusa.
Pericarpium. Capsulæ quatuor, ovatæ acuminatæ, rectæ, trigonæ, longitudinaliter sutura introrsum dehiscentes.
Semina plurima minima.
Empalement. Cup four leaved, which are lance-shaped, concave, upright, sharp-pointed, and permanent.
Blossom of one leaf, big bellied; border spreading, rolled back, and divided into four egg-shaped, pointed segments.
Honey-cups four, each consisting of a small slight scale, fixed on the outside the base of each seed-bud.
Chives. Eight short threads, four of which are fixed to the middle, and four to the base of the blossom. Tips nearly round, and simple.
Pointal. Four seed-buds, oblong, ending in awl-shaped shafts. Summits blunt.