Stamina. Filamenta decem latiuscula, erecta, in cylindrum posita, parva. Antheræ cordatæ.
Pistillum. Germen subrotundum, minimum. Styli tres, filiformes. Stigmata obtusa.
Pericarpium. Bacca globosa, torulosa, magna, unilocularis.
Semina tria, ossea, oblonga, obtusa, angulata.
Empalement. Cup five leaves, upright, very small, remaining and closing at the points. Two honey-bearing glands, oval and gouty, are fixed to the outer and lower part of the leaves of the cup.
Blossom. Petals five, kidney-shaped, large, plaited, lashed, spreading, and concave; claws long, linear.
Chives. Threads ten, rather broad, upright, placed cylindrically, and small. Tips heart-shaped.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round, very small. Shafts three, thread-shaped. Summits blunt.
Pericarpium. Berry globular, knobby, large, of one cell.
Seeds three, bony, oblong, blunt, and angulated.