Pistillum. Germen superum, minutum. Stylus filiformis, rigidus, corolla longior. Stigma pyramidatum, acutum.
Pericarpium. Capsula ovata, seu globosa, lignosa, unilocularis, bivalvis.
Semina duo, obovata hinc convexa inde plana, ala membranacea terminata.
Obs. In quibusdam speciebus seminibus interjectum est dissepimentum liberum, figura et magnitudine cavitatis loculamenti, coriaceo-lignosum, semibifidum. Grætner de fruct.
Empalement. Cup of one leaf, four-cleft and beneath.
Blossom of one petal; tube cylindrical, and very short; border very long, of four divisions; segments linear, lance-shaped at the ends, having small holes on the inside, which are hollowed out and sharp.
Chives. Threads none. Tips four, lance-shaped, sitting close within the small holes of the segments of the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud above and very small. Shaft thread-shaped, stiff, and longer than the blossom. Summit pyramidal, and sharp pointed.
Seed vessel. Capsule egg-shaped or globular, woody, one cell, two valves.
Seeds two, inversely egg-shaped, convex on the one side and flat on the other, having a skinny wing at the end.