Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, triquetra, trisulca, trilocularis, a medio tripartita.
Semina plurima, rotunda.
Empalement none.
Blossom one petal, six-cleft, beneath; segments lance-shaped, pointed and upright.
Chives. Threads six, thread-shaped, upright, inserted into the mouth of the blossom. Tips upright, double.
Pointals. Seed-bud three-sided, three-divided at the top, smooth and above. Shafts three, three-sided, awl-shaped, turned inwards, the length of the Chives. Summits obsolete.
Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, three-sided, three-furrowed, three-celled, three-divided from the middle.
Seeds many, round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Wurmbea foliis cucullatis, lanceolatis; spica multiflora; floribus sessilibus, atro-purpureis.