Ovary ellipsoid-ovoid; styles 3, erect, free, filiform, stigmatose at the apex, persistent

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Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth segments; filaments filiform, thickened towards the base; anthers narrowly oblong, dorsifixed, slightly versatile, dehiscing latrorsely to introrsely by longitudinal slits

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• 6
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Flowers small and inconspicuous, overtopped by large petal-like bracts; perianth segments free, with narrow connivent claws and spreading narrow blades, concave and nectariferous at the base

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• 6
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Inflorescence a bracteate umbel; pedicel short, erect

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• 6
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Capsule ellipsoid, septicidal, coriaceous; seeds subglobose.

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• 6
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Leaves narrowly elliptic to linear

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• 6
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Stem erect, almost absent, simple; lowermost leaf a membranous, sheathing, tubular cataphyll, not protracted into a leaf-blade, followed by a few leaves, which are basally sheathing

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• 6
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Plants relatively small, with a tunicated, bulb-like corm

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