HÆMANTHUS MULTIFLORUS.
Many-flowered Blood-Flower.
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Involucrum hexaphyllum, maximum, umbelluliferum; foliolis erectis, oblongis, persistentibus.
Corolla monopetala, erecta, sexpartita; laciniis erectis, linearibus; tubo brevissimo, angulato.
Stamina. Filamenta sex, subulata, tubo corollæ inserta, corolla longiora. Antheræ incumbentes, oblongæ.
Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum. Stigma simplex.
Pericarpium. Bacca subrotunda, trilocularis.