Chives. Threads six, thread-shaped, upright, the length of the blossom into which they are inserted above the claws. Tips globular.
Pointals. Seed-bud conical, streaked. Shafts three, distinct, curved. Summits blunt.
Seed-vessel. Capsule egg-shaped, three-sided, three furrowed, three-celled, formed of three capsules united within.
Seeds numerous, flattened, half egg-shaped.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Melanthium foliis ovato lanceolatis, scapo vaginantibus, erectis; corollis viridi-purpureis, reflexis.
Melanthium with leaves between lance and egg-shaped, sheathing the stem and upright; blossoms greenish-purple, reflexed.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Petal with its Chive attached, magnified.
2. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits, magnified.