Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence of terminal dichasial cymes. Flowers usually 5-merous. Sepals free. Petals white, very deeply 2-fid. Stamens 10, or fewer. Styles 3. Capsule opening by 6 valves. Worldwide: 150-200 species, cosmopolitan. Burundi: 2 taxa.  | 
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| mannii Hook. f. | Description, Image | |
| sennii Chiov. |