Stamina. Filamenta tria, in tubum cylindraceum, corolla breviorem, connata, superne distincta. Antheræ subovatæ, didymæ.

Pistillum. Germen oblongum, triquetrum, obtusum, inferum. Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi.

Stigmata tria, profundè bifida.

Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, triquetra, trilocularis, trivalvis; dissepimentis contrariis.

Semina numerosa, subrotunda, pulpa involuta.

Empalement. Sheaths two, alternate, keeled, involute, one-flowered.

Blossom one petal, above, six divided; segments oblong, upright-spreading, crisp-waved and spotted; the three alternate outer ones the broadest.

Chives. Threads three, in a cylindrical tube shorter than the blossom, joined together, separate at the top. Tips nearly egg-shaped, double.

Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, three-sided, blunt, beneath. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the tube.

Summits three, deeply two cleft.