Corolla monopetala, campanulata; limbus sexfidus, reflexus.

Nectarium; pori tres melliferi ad apicem germinis.

Stamina. Filamenta sex, subulata, breviora. Antheræ conniventes.

Pistillum. Germen superum, rotundo-trigonum, trisulcum. Stylus simplex, corolla brevior. Stigma obtusum.

Pericarpium. Capsula subrotunda, triquetra, trilocularis, trivalvis.

Semina bina (sæpius,) subrotunda.

Empalement none.

Blossom one petal, bell-shaped; border six-cleft, reflexed.

Honey-cup, three honied pores at the tip of the seed-bud.

Chives. Six threads awl-shaped, shorter. Tips converging.