MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. Threads united. Five Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinquefidum, subrotundum, inflatum; lacinulis inflexis; persistens.
Corolla pentapetala, spiralis; ungues longitudine calycis, utrinque aucti membranula connivente in tubum cucullatum nectariferum; limbus patens, latiusculus, obtusus.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, latiuscula, inferne levissime in unum corpus coalita. Antheræ erectæ, acuminatæ, conniventes.
Pistillum. Germen subrotundum, pentagonum, quinquangulare. Styli quinque, filiformes, approximati, subulati, staminibus longiores. Stigmata simplicia.
Pericarpium. Capsula subrotunda, pentagona, quinque-locularis, apice dehiscens.
Semina plurima, parva.
Empalement. Cup one leaf, five-cleft, roundish and swelled out; segments turned inwards; remaining.
Blossom, five petals, spiral; claws the length of the cup, widened on both sides by a small skinny substance forming a honey-bearing, cowl-shaped tube; border spreading, broadish, blunt.