ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Many Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, planum, decemfidum: laciniis alternatim exterioribus, angustioribus.
Corolla. Petala quinque, subrotunda, patentia, calyci inserta.
Stamina. Filamenta viginti, subulata, corolla breviora, calyci inserta. Antheræ lunulares.
Pistillum. Germina numerosa, minima, in capitulum collecta. Styli simplices, latere germinis inserti. Stigmata simplicia.
Pericarpium nullum. Bacca fit receptaculum commune seminum, rotundo-ovata, pulposa, mollis, magna, colorata, basi truncata, decidua.
Semina numerosa, minima, per superficiem receptaculi sparsa.
Empalement. Cup one-leafed, flat, ten-cleft: the segments are alternately exterior, and narrowed.
Blossom five-petalled, nearly round, spreading, and inserted into the calyx.