Pistillum. Germen triquetrum, longitudine calycis. Stylus cylindricus, trisulcatus, erectus. Stigma subtrifidum acutiusculum.

Pericarpium. Capsula trisulca, inflata, trilocularis; angulis membranaceis, magnis.

Semina bina, subrotunda.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved, flat; leaflets egg-shaped, obtuse, concave, falling off.

Blossom, none.

Chives. Eight threads, very short. Tips oblong, curved, approaching, the length of the cup.

Pointal. Seed-bud three-sided, the length of the cup. Shaft cylindrical, three-furrowed, upright. Summit nearly three-cleft rather pointed.

Seed-vessel. Capsule three-furrowed, swelled out, three cells, angles skinny, large.

Seeds by twos, nearly round.

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