Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma capitatum, depresso-planum.
Pericarpium. Bacca subrotunda, unilocularis.
Semen unicum, subrotundum, carnosum.
Empalement, none.
Blossom one petal, funnel-shaped. Tube cylindrical, closed at the base, longer than the border. Border four-cleft; segments egg-shaped, sharp, flat, and spreading.
Chives. Eight short threads, fixed to the tube; four alternately lower than the others. Tips roundish, upright, with two cells.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft very short. Summit a low, smooth knob.
Seed-vessel. A roundish berry, of one cell.
Seed, single, roundish, and fleshy.
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