Vaccaria
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Description
Glabrous annual.
Leaves exstipulate.
Petals 5, pink or purple, long-clawed with entire apex;
Stamens 10.
Ovary unilocular, except at the base where it is 2-locular;
Capsule ovoid to spherical, pericarp consisting of a thick papery exocarp, dehiscing with 4 teeth, and a thin endocarp, dehiscing irregularly.
Seeds numerous, reniform or globose.