Monogyna. Spathæ unifloræ.
Petala sex, undulato-crispata. Stigmata cucullata. Capsula 3-locularis, infera.
One Pointal. Sheaths one-flowered.
Petals six, waved and crisped. Summits cowled. Capsule three-celled beneath.
See Ferraria pavonia, Pl. CLXXVIII. Vol. III.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ferraria foliis distichis, vaginantibus, costatis; petalis lanceolatis æqualibus, interioribus immaculatis, angustioribus, virescentibus.
Ferraria with leaves pointing opposite ways sheathing the stem and ribbed; petals lance-shaped, equal, the inner ones without spots, narrower and greenish.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Seed-bud, Chives and Pointal.