Pistillum. Germen inferum, obtuse-trigonum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine floris. Stigma obsolete-trifidum.
Pericarpium. Capsula subovata, trilocularis, trivalvis.
Semina plura, plana, oblonga, incumbentia.
Empalement. Fence many-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, remaining.
Blossom one petal, club-shaped, bent, six-cleft at top; segments oblong egg-shaped, turned inwards and concave, the three outer ones glandular at the end.
Chives. Six threads inserted into the tube of the blossom, upright, awl-shaped, half the length of the blossom. Tips arrow-shaped, upright, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, obtusely three-cornered. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the flower. Summit obscurely three-cleft.
Seed-vessel. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-celled, three-valved.
Seeds many, flat, oblong, lying upon one another.
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