exserted

The parts back of the scales are bracts; these often project beyond the scales, when they are said to be exserted.

Sometimes the exserted bracts are bent backward; they are then said to be recurved or reflexed.

Ovary often hidden between the bases of the tubercles, naked, the succulent berry exserted.

Stamens 10, often exserted; anthers arrow-shaped, erect in the bud, becoming inverted and opening by basal pores or short slits.

Capsule exserted, strongly 2-horned or mitre-shaped, opening down the inner side of each horn, many-seeded.