CLASS XII. ORDER I.
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Twenty Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, superum; in medio orbiculus, supra quem quadripartitum est: laciniis concavis, persistentibus.
Corolla. Petala quatuor, calyce duplo majora, obtusa, concava.
Stamina. Filamenta plurima in orbiculo calyci inserta, longitudine corollæ: antheræ parvæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum. Stigma simplex.
Pericarpium. Drupa quadrangularis, coronata, unilocularis.
Semina. Nux subrotunda, glabra.
Empalement. Cup of one leaf, above: in the middle is a little circle, above which it is four-divided: the segments are hollow, and remaining.