White-flowered Euosma.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx persistens, basi bracteatus, quinque-partitus, laciniis subrotundis appressis.
Corolla campanulata, limbo patente 5-lobo.
Stamina quinque tubo inserta, inclusa, divisurisque corollæ alterna: Filamenta brevia: Antheræ subrotundæ, compressæ.
Germen superum, subovatum: Stylus crassus, brevis: Stigma capitatum.
Capsula glabra cuneato-ovata, stylo persistente coronata, bisulca, dicocca: Cocculi bivalves polyspermi, intus ad apices dehiscentes: Receptacula in singulo cocculo singulum, subtrigonum, longum, erectum, marginibus valvarum annexum.
Semina ovata, hinc convexa, inde depressa papillis minutissimis undique scabra, duplici serie receptaculo imposita.