CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx, nullus.
Corolla. Petala quatuor, basin versus staminifera, reflexa, apice incrassata.
Nectariæ. Glandulæ quatuor globosæ, ad basin germinis.
Stamina. Filamenta quatuor brevia, singula ex singuli petali medio enata. Antheræ lineares, conniventes, demum reflexæ.
Pistillum. Germen superum, ovatum. Stylus subulatus, glaber, persistens. Stigma obtusum, declinatum.
Pericarpium. Drupa subrotunda, monosperma.
Semen. Nux ossea, subrotunda, compressa.