Pistilla. Germen ovatum, trigonum. Styli tres, filiformes, longitudine staminum. Stigmata obtusa.
Pericarpium. Capsula ovata, obsoletè trigona, tecta, trilocularis, trivalvis.
Semina numerosa, nitida, orbiculata, depressa, margine acuto cincta.
Empalement. Cup five-leaved; leaflets nearly egg-shaped, concave, spreading, equal, permanent, coloured within, with a thin edge.
Blossom none; hence the edge of the cup is thin and the inside of it is coloured.
Chives. Five-threads, awl-shaped, the length of the cup. Tips cleft at the base.
Pointals. Seed-bud egg-shaped, three-sided. Shafts three, thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summits blunt.
Seed-vessel. Capsule egg-shaped, bluntly three-cornered, covered, three-celled, three valves.
Seeds numerous, shining, orbicular, flattened, surrounded by a sharp rim.
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