Sepals 5 imbricate with somewhat scaly or fimbriated margins - acute at the apex. Petals 5 much imbricated 1 long internal - oblong - oval somewhat acuminated at the apex. Stamens 5 alternate the petals (sic), hypogynous arising from a shallow disk; filaments short, anthers turned inwards. Ovary 2 celled, style very short; stigma obtuse, obscurely 2 lobed. Ovules 2 in each cell, erect (apparently anatropae with the, illegible, lateral. Ovary & ovules so small that it seems not unlikely that the flowers are all male. The figure represents one of the cells laid open by cutting away the back. Herbarium Hookerianum 1867 Illustration given. With K000035801 & 02