Semina plura, subrotunda.
Obs. Filamenta in aliis plana, erecta, alterna apice trifido, media lacinia antherarum sustinente; in aliis alterna, simplicia.
Empalement none.
Blossom. Petals six, lance-shaped, below the middle upright, above the middle spreading, remaining, losing their colour.
Chives. Six threads upright, each alternate one widening at the base, shorter than the blossom. Tips simple.
Pointal. Seed-bud angular. Shaft awl-shaped, remaining. Summit blunt.
Seed-vessel. Capsule roundish, angular, three-celled, three-valved.
Seeds many, roundish.
Obs. The threads in some are flat and upright, the alternate ones trifid at top, the middle segment supporting the tip; in others the alternate ones are simple.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.