Pericarpium abortit.
Hermaphrodite flowers, where the female parts are perfect.
Empalement. Partial sheath oblong, egg-shaped, smoothly-concave, and large.
Blossom unequal and gaping; the petal forming the upper lip, the honey-cup the under.
Petal upright, ligulate, five-toothed, and meeting at the base in front.
Honey-cup one leaf, ship-shaped, shorter than the petal, and inclosed within it.
Chives. Threads six, awl-shaped, upright, shorter by half than the petal. Tips abortive.
Pointal. Seed-bud below the receptacle of the flower, large and very long. Shaft upright the length of the petal. Summit headed, nearly round.
Seed-vessel. A fleshy berry, covered with a tough skin, very long, the pulp laying three ways, without partitions.
Seeds many, round.