compact, linear, yellow, collected into a nearly sessile globose head 
or ball. Fertile flowers of five, white, ovate, acute sepals, rather 
smaller than the sterile ones. Capsule obconical, with three un- 
equal wings ; two short, obtuse, and slightly denticulate ; the third 
thrice as long, triangular, obtuse. 
Fig. 1. Capsule, not quite mature, magnified. 2. Portion of a cyme, with 
sterile flowers, nat. size. 3. Sterile flower, magnified. 
