Pistillum. Germina duo, ovata, erecta, tomentosa. Styli nulli. Stigmata compressa, obtusa, colorata.
Pericarpium. Capsulæ oblongæ, acuminatæ, reflexo-patentes, tomentosæ, uniloculares, univalves, longitudinaliter introrsum dehiscentes.
Semina plura, ovalia, nitida, colorata, saturæ dehiscenti affixa.
Empalement. Cup five-leaved, small, and remaining; leaves roundish, concave, bent back, and unequal both in size and situation.
Blossom. Petals five, roundish, concave, smaller at the base, spreading, and very large.
Chives. Threads numerous, and hair-like. Tips oblong, four-sided, upright, with four cells, and large.
Pointal. Seed-buds two, egg-shaped, upright, and downy. Shaft none. Summits flattened, oblong, blunt, and coloured.
Seed-vessel. Capsules oblong, tapered, bent back, and spreading, downy, of one cell, and one valve, splitting lengthways from the inner part.
Seeds many, oval, shining, coloured, and fixed to the suture where it splits.
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