Semina numerosa, plana.
Obs. In quibusdam speciebus tria stamina sterilia sunt.
Empalement none.
Blossom. Six petals; the three inner ones conniving together, the outer ones spreading.
Chives. Six threads turned inwards at the points, and widened at the base. Tips oblong, and fastened in the centre. Shaft three-sided. Summit three-cornered.
Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong, angular, 3-celled, 3-valved.
Seeds many, flat.
Obs. In some species three of the stamens are sterile.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Albuca foliis lanceolato-ensiformibus: floribus erectis, paniculatis, fastigiatis, pedunculis longissimis: corollis albis, in medio lineâ viridi: petalis interioribus apice fornicatis, stamina includentibus, quæ sunt omnia fertilia.