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Calyx-tube short, at length concrete with the ovary; limb 5-lobed, the segments nearly valvate in æstivation. Petals 5, inserted in the throat of the calyx, alternate with the segments, large, obovate, convolute. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals. Carpels 5–10, in the base of the calyx, concreting with the tube of the calyx and with each other, uniovulate; styles 5–10, filiform, short; stigma capitate. Capsule depressed, 5–10 celled, the cells at length opening in the axis, one-seeded. South African herbs or scarcely suffruticose plants, growing in sandy places, and in salt ground. Leaves alternate, hoary, pinnately decompound. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. Flowers large, yellow.