CLASS VI. ORDER II.
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. Ten Chives. Two Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium cylindricum, tubulosum, striatum, persistens: os 5-dentatum, basi squamulis quatuor cinctum, quarum interdum duæ oppositæ, inferiores.
Corolla. Petala 5. Ungues longitudine calycis, angusti, receptaculo inserti: limbus extus planus, laminis late obtusis, crenatis.
Stamina. Filamenta decem, subulata, longitudine calycis: antheræ ovales, oblongæ, compressæ, incumbentes.
Pistillum. Germen ovale. Styli duo, subulati, staminibus longiores. Stigmata recurvata, acuminata.
Pericarpium. Capsula cylindrica, recta, unilocularis, quadrilateralis, apice dehiscens.
Semina plurima, compressa, subrotunda, a receptaculo liberata.
Empalement cylindrical, tubular, lined, remaining: the mouth is 5-toothed, surrounded by four squamæ at the base, or sometimes two opposite ones beneath.