Descr. A shrub of moderate size, with long, twiggy 
branches, obscurely striated, hairy. Leaves or Phyllodia, 
numerous, crowded, vertical, sessile, three to four lines long, 
deltoid, acuminate and pungent, somewhat hastate at the 
base, and there a little oblique, with an obscure gland in 
the upper angle, having a strong central rib and a slightly 
thickened margin, most evident in the dried specimens : the 
surface glabrous on both sides: colour dark green. Stipules 
setaceous, brown, rigid, persistent. Peduncles axillary, 
solitary, scarcely longer than the leaves, and bearing a glo- 
bose head of few, but very fragrant lemon-coloured flowers. 
Calyx and corolla 4-fid. Stamens yery numerous. 
Fig. 1, Portion of a flowering Branch, 2. Single Flower. 3. Leaf and 
Stipules.—Magnified. 
