Semina solitaria, triquetra.
Empalement. Fence six-leaved, large, bearing a small umbel; leaflets upright, oblong, permanent.
Blossom one petal, upright, six-parted; segments upright, linear; tube very short, angular.
Chives. Threads six, awl-shaped, inserted into the tube of the blossom, longer than the blossom. Tips laying on the threads, oblong.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. Summit simple.
Seed-vessel. Berry roundish, three-celled.
Seeds solitary, three-sided.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hæmanthus foliis plicatis, undulatis, erectis, lato-lanceolatis; umbella globosa; floribus confertis; petalis patentibus; scapo ad basin maculato.
Blood flower with plaited leaves, waved, upright and broad-lance shaped; umbel globular; flowers crowded; petals spreading; flower-stem spotted at the base.