filaments subulate, united at the base ; anthers gmall, 
included, didymous. Ovary ovoid, with three to four linear 
obtuse short spreading stigmas; ovules very many, at the 
bottom of the cell. Berries size of a pea, globose, blood 
red, shiny, tipped with the stigmas and seated on the 
persistent perianth. Seeds very numerous, black.—J.D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower; 2, ovary; 3, vertical section of fruit and perianth; 4, young 
seed :—all enlarged. 
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