Receptaculum lineare, adnatum singulæ valvulæ pericarpii.
Empalement. Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalks simple. Cup none.
Blossom. Five petals, oblong, approaching upwards, equal; two of them placed outwards.
Honey-cup longer than the petals, hanging down; only keeled on the back part.
Chives. Two threads, very short, fixed to the pointal. Tips upright, covered by the inner edge of the honey-cup.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, oblong, twisted beneath. Shaft fixed to the inner edge of the honey-cup. Summit imperfect.
Seed-vessel. Capsule nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, blunt, channelled, three-valved, and one cell, opening at the keel-shaped angles.
Seeds numerous, like saw-dust.
Receptacle linear, growing to each valve of the seed-vessel.
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