Arillus elasticus, hinc dehiscens; singulum involvens semen.
Empalement. Cup of four divisions; segments thin, sharp, and permanent; smooth at the base.
Blossom. Five petals, egg-shape, blunt, fitting close, erect, and open.
Honey-cup crown-shaped, hollow, with five divisions, blunt, fixed on the seed-buds.
Chives. Five threads, awl-shaped. Tips nearly egg-shaped, upright.
Pointal. Seed-bud crowned by the honey-cup. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. Summit blunt.
Seed-vessel. Five capsules, egg-shaped, pointed, flattened, joined together by the inner edge, the points standing apart, splitting at the upper suture.
Seeds solitary, oblong.
Seed-coat elastic, splitting from hence, and inclosing a single seed.
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