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*CRYPTANDRA suavis. 
Sweet-scented Cryptandra. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RHAMNACEE. 
CRYPTANDRA, Smith. Calyz coloratus, extus seepe villosus, intus 
disci indiscreti strato incrustatus, tubo campanulato, rarius cylindrico, ovarii 
basi connato, superne libero, limbi quinquefidi laciniis acutis, erectis v. paten- 
tibus, intus carina versus apices incrassata percursis. Corolle petala 5, 
calycis fauci inserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, parva, cucullata, subsessilia, 
coriacea, persistentia. Stamina 5, cum petalis inserta, iisdem opposita et 
inclusa; filamenta brevissima, anthers introrsee, biloculares, longitudinaliter 
dehiscentes. Ovarium semiinferum, apice libero villosum, triloculare. Ovula 
in loculis solitaria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Stylus simplex ; stigma triden- 
tatum v. trilobum. Capsula semiinfera, calyce et corolla persistentibus tuni- 
cata, trilocularis, tricocca, coccis bivalvibus, monospermis. Semina erecta, 
funiculo brevi cupuleeformi subtensa, oblongo-trigona, testa coriacea, levi. 
Embryo intra albumen carnosum orthotropus ; cotyledonibus magnis, car- 
nosis, planis, radicula brevissima, infera. Suffrutices ericoidei, in Nova- 
Hollandia indigeni, erecti, ramosissimi ; ramis fastigiatis v. patentibus inter- 
dum spinescentibus, foliis alternis, integerrimis, glabris, floribus ad apices 
ramulorum aggregatis v. solitariis, erectis v. nutantibus, basi squamulis quinque 
parvis imbricato-calyculatis.—Endl. gen. 5742. 
C. suavis ; pilosa, foliis obovato-linearibus, floribus in ramulos laterales axil- 
laribus glabris, calycis tubo cylindraceo. Supra misc.27. hujus voluminis. 
Fruticulus, pilis longis vestitus, ramulis gracilibus abortientibus in spinas 
mutatis. Folia oblonga, obtusa, convexa, in petiolum brevem angustata, 
subtüs glabra, in exemplaribus spontaneis linearia margine revoluta. Flores 
candidi, cernui, suaveolentes, secus ramulos axillares, solitarii, pedicellati, 
glabri bracteis rufis imbricatis pariter glabris calyculati. Calyx oblongus, 
tubo cylindraceo ; limbo valvato 5-dentato. 
The Cryptandras are little New Holland shrubs, with the 
aspect of Heaths, found on barren hills and rocky places, or 
in light sandy land. In a wild state they often become spiny, 
* So named from xpvzroc hidden, and aynp a stamen, in allusion to the 
concealment of the anthers beneath the hooded petals. 
