Empalement. Cup one leaf, five-parted; segments lance-shaped, remaining.
Blossom none.
Chives. Threads numerous, hair-like, inserted into the hollow part of the cup in bunches. Tips simple.
Pointals. Seed-bud five-sided, above. Shafts five, simple. Summits simple.
Seed-vessel. Capsule bellied, dented, five-sided, five-celled, five-valved.
Seeds many, roundish.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Aizoon foliis cuneiformi-ovatis; floribus solitariis, subsessilibus, axillaribus.
Aizoon with leaves between wedge and egg-shaped; flowers solitary, growing almost close to the stem from the insertion of the leaves.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.