Calyx. Perianthium inferum, tetraphyllum, magnum, supra coloratum, persistens.
Corolla. Petala numerosa (quindecem sæpe,) germinis lateri insidentia, serie plus quam simplici.
Stamina. Filamenta numerosa (septuaginta sæpe,) plana, curva, obtusa, brevia. Antheræ oblongæ, filamentorum margini adnatæ.
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, magnum. Stylus nullus. Stigma orbiculatum, planum, peltato-sessile, radiis notatum, margine crenatum, persistens.
Pericarpium. Bacca dura, ovata, carnosa, rudis, collo angustata apice coronata, multilocularis (decem ad quindecem loculis,) pulpa plena.
Semina plurima, subrotunda.
Empalement. Cup beneath, four leaved, large, coloured above, permanent.
Blossom. Petals numerous (often fifteen,) placed on the side of the seed-bud, in more than one row.
Chives. Threads numerous (often seventy,) flat, curved, blunt, short. Tips oblong, fixed to the margin of the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped, large. Shaft, none. Summit round, flat, central, sitting, marked in rays, scolloped at the edge, remaining.