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ing panicle, eaeh pedicel furaished with an awl-shaped 
bract. The calyx is superior, with the limb divided 
into five awl-shaped segments, and the corolla mono- 
petalous, bell-shaped, with five broad spreading .lobes. 
There are five stamens, with the base of the fila¬ 
ments expanding into a scale-like process. The pistil 
has an angular ovary with three to five cells, sur- 
mounted by a thread-shaped style, which branches 
at the summit into two or three stigmas. The fruit 
is an obovate angular capsule, discharging the 
numerous seeds from each cell in a singular manner, 
through little valvular openings. 
