Although so similar to an Allium in appearance, there is 
no smell of garlic, nor any tendency to produce a bulb. 
On the contrary the immediate affinity of Sowerbeea appears 
to be with Anthericum, Thysanotus, and other fibrous-rooted 
genera of the order, especially the latter and Zrichopetalum. 
Fig.1. represents a portion of a leaf, to shew its true form; 
fig. 2. is the stamens and pistil, the floral envelopes having 
been removed ; fig. 3. is a section of the ovary, showing that 
there are several ovules in each cell. 
