Pancratium
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Description
Bulbous herbs.
Leaves radical, biseriate, sessile.
Inflorescences umbellate, few- to 1-flowered, with 1 or 2 spathes.
Flowers white.
Stamens inserted in the throat, basally connected by a thin membrane (false corona) which is sometimes 1- or 2-toothed between the filaments;
Ovary with 10 or more biseriate ovules filling each cell;
Capsules loculicidal, 3-valved.
Seeds angular by pressure, black.