Calyx. Perianthium ut in mare.
Corolla. Petala tria, ut in mare.
Pistilla. Germina numerosa, compressa, in capitulum congesta, extrorsum gibba, desinentia in stylos brevissimos. Stigmata acuta, persistentia.
Pericarpium nullum. Receptaculum globosum, semina in globum colligens.
Semina numerosa, oblonga, compressa, cincta longitudinaliter margine membranaceo, lato, hinc gibbo, utrinque acuminato.
* Male flowers many.
Empalement. Cup three leaves; leaflets egg-shaped, concave, remaining.
Blossom. Three petals, roundish, blunt, flat, spreading, three times the size of the cup.
Chives. Threads many (often twenty-four), awl-shaped, collected into a little head. Tips upright, the length of the cup.
* Female flowers fewer, beneath the males.