Pericarpium. Capsula quinquelocularis, quinquevalvis; dissepimentis contrariis, duplicatis.
Semina solitaria seu plura, ovato-reniformia.
Obs. Capsula aliis ovata, aliis longa; calyx exterior 3-12-phyllus.
Empalement. Cup double.
The outer many leaved, permanent; leaflets linear, more rarely one-leaved, many-cleft.
The inner one-leaved, cup-shaped, half five-cleft, permanent; or five toothed, and deciduous.
Blossom. Petals five, roundish-oblong, narrower at the base, spreading, fastened at bottom to the tube of the chives.
Chives. Threads numerous, united at the base into a tube, at top (in its apex and surface) divided and loose. Tips kidney-shaped.
Pointal. Seed-bud roundish. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the chives, at top five-cleft. Summits headed.
Seed-vessel. Capsule five-celled, five-valved; partitions contrary, doubled.