Pericarpium. Capsula septem, oblongæ, acutæ, parallelæ, univalves.
Semina plurima.
Empalement, Cup of seven divisions, spreading, sharp-pointed, and remaining.
Blossom. Seven petals, oblong, equal, twice the length of the cup.
Chives. Seven threads, awl-shaped, the length of the cup. Tips nearly egg-shaped, and upright.
Pointal. Seven seed-buds, oblong, and ending in awl-shaped shafts, the length of the Chives. Summits bluntish.
Seed-vessel. Seven capsules, oblong, sharp-pointed, parallel, and of one valve.
Seeds many.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Septas, foliis subrotundis, crenulatis, oppositis; glabris; radice tuberosa.