Pistillum. Germen superum. Stylus erectus, cylindricus, brevissimus, e basi germinis. Stigma capitatum.
Pericarpium. Capsulæ quinque, ovato-acuminatæ, extrorsum coalitæ, apicibus distantes.
Semina solitaria, reniformia, glabra, arillata.
Empalement. Cup one leaf, with five divisions, the segments egg-shaped.
Blossom. Five petals, egg-shaped, sitting close in the cup, upright and spreading.
Chives. Ten threads, flat and awl-shaped, interwove together by hairs, covering the pointal. Tips growing longitudinally from the inner part of the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud above. Shaft upright, cylinder-shape, and very short, growing from the base of the seed-buds. Summit a knob.
Seed-vessel. Five capsules, pointedly-egg-shaped, joined on the outside, and distant at the ends.
Seeds solitary, kidney-shape, smooth, and covered by an elastic coat.
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