Cape Alkanet.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium quinquepartitum oblongum, teres, acutum, persistens.
Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis; tubus cylindricus, longitudine calycis; limbus semiquinquefidus, obtusus, erecto-patens; faux clausa squamulis quinque, convexis, prominentibus, oblongis, conniventibus.
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, brevissima, in fauce corollæ. Antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, tectæ.
Pistillum. Germina quatuor. Stylus filiformis, longitudine staminum. Stigma obtusum, emarginatum.
Pericarpium nullum; Calyx major, erectus, in sinu continens semina.
Semina quatuor, oblongiuscula, obtusa, gibba.