Pistilla. Germen subovatum, villosum. Styli duo, filiformes, longi, apice curvati. Stigmata simplicia.

Pericarpium. Capsula subrotunda, pilosa, apice dehiscens, bilocularis, bivalvis.

Semina plurima, subrotunda.

Empalement. Cup eight-leaved, remaining, leaflets tapered, reflexed, and toothed.

Blossom. Eight petals, egg-shaped, concave, spreading, equal, larger than the cup.

Chives. Threads numerous, hair-like, shorter than the blossom, fixed into the receptacle. Tips broadish, obtuse and erect.

Pointals. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, hairy. Shafts two, thread-shaped, long, curved at the ends. Summits simple.

Seed-vessel. Capsule roundish, hairy, splitting at the top, two cells, two valves.

Seeds many, roundish.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.