CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Petala 6. Stigma concavum. Capsula triloba, trilocularis, loculis compressis. Semina in singulo loculo bina, compressa truncata.
Petals 6. Summit concave. Capsule three-lobed, three-celled; cells flattened. Seeds two in each cell, flattened and appearing cut off at the end.
See Aristea Cyanea, Pl. X. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Aristea foliis ensiformibus longissimis; floribus spicatis, cæruleis.
Aristea with very long leaves; flowers grow in spikes, and blue.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.