Pistillum. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, brevis. Stigma capitatum, bilobum.
Pericarpium. Drupa maxima, subrotunda, carnosa, a latere sulco longitudinali excavata, punctisque duobus.
Semen. Nux bilocularis, quadrivalvis, retusa.
Empalement. Cup five leaved, tapering to a point; leaflets between egg- and lance-shaped.
Blossom one petal, funnel-shaped; tube club-shaped; border large, five divisions; segments oblique, obtuse, thicker edged on one side; mouth of the tube five-angled, five toothed, approaching together in the form of a star.
Chives. Five threads, awl-shaped, in the middle of the tube. Tips upright, and approaching.
Pointal. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, and short. Summit headed, two-lobed.
Seed-vessel. A large pulpy fruit, nearly round, fleshy, hollowed on the side by a longitudinal furrow, and with two punctures.
Seed. Nut two cells, four valves, and bluntly dented at the end.
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