Stamina. Filamenta plurima, ad basin in tubum corolla longiorem torta, in partem superiorem tubi coalita, cujus apex liberatus est.
Pistillum. Germen sub-globosum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma decemfidum.
Pericarpium. Bacca sub-globosa, quinque-locularis.
Semina solitaria.
Empalement double. The inner one-leafed, half-striped, nearly cylindrical, five-cleft, and remaining. The outer eight-leaved, and slightly attached at the base.
Blossom nearly club-shaped, and folded together. Petals five, alternately eared on one side of the base, the lobes of which are rolled round the columnar shaft of the stamens.
Chives. Threads numerous, united at the base into a tube longer than the blossom, twisted, and united near the upper part of the tube, the point of which is liberated.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit ten-cleft.
Seed-vessel. A berry nearly round, with five cells.
Seeds solitary.