Pistillum. Germen superum, subrotundum, trisulcatum. Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma obtusum.
Pericarpium. Capsula triloba, trilocularis, trivalvis.
Semina pauca, lanceolata, acuta, pilis tomentosis obsessa.
Empalement none.
Blossom. Six petals approaching together at the base, beneath lance-shaped and pointed, the three outer ones spreading: the three inner ones upright, with a pointed wide approaching border. All after impregnation stand upright, like a cone.
Chives. Six threads broadly lance-shaped, pointed, and flat, with the points turned inward. Tips oblong, and lying on them.
Pointal. Seed-bud above, nearly round, three-furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, upright. Summit blunt.
Seed-vessel. Capsule 3-lobed, 3-locular, 3-valved.
Seeds few, lance-shaped, pointed, and covered with downy hairs.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.