Pistillum. Germen inferum, angulis quinque, obtusis. Styli quinque sæpius, subulati, erecto-reflexi. Stigmata simplicia.
Pericarpium. Capsula carnosa, subrotunda, loculamentis numero stylorum respondentibus.
Semina plurima, subrotunda.
Empalement. Cup one leaf, cut nearly half way down into five divisions, above, spreading, and remaining.
Blossom. One petal; petals linearly lance-shaped, very numerous, rising in a number of rows, longer than the cup, slightly joined together by their claws.
Chives. Threads numerous, hair-like, the length of the cup. Tips laying on the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, with five obtuse angles. Shafts mostly five, awl-shaped, upright, and a little bent outwards. Summits simple.
Seed-vessel. A fleshy capsule, nearly round, the cells answering to the number of the chives.
Seeds many, nearly round.
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