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*CRYPTANDRA siiavis. 

 Sweet-scented Cryptandra. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Rhamnace^. 



CRYPTANDRA, Smith. Cali/x coloratus, extus ssepe villosus, intus 

 disci indiscreti strato incrustatus, tubo campanulato, rarius cylindrico, ovarii 

 basi conuato, superne libero, limbi quinquefidi laciniis acutis, erectis v. paten- 

 tibus, intus carina versus apices incrassata percursis. CorollcB petala 5, 

 calycis fauci inserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, parva, cucullata, subsessilia, 

 coriacea, persistentia. Stamina 5, cum petalis inserta, iisdem opposita et 

 inclusa ; Jilamenta brevissima, antherse 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 cupulseformi subtensa, oblongo-trigona, testa coriacea, Isevi. 

 Embryo intra albumen carnosum orthotropus ; cotyledonibus magnis, car- 



nosis, planis, radicula brevissima, infera. Suffrutices ericoidei, in Nova- 



HoUandia indigent, erecti, raynosissimi ; ramis fastigiatis v. patentihus inter- 

 dum spinescentibiis, foliis alternis, integerrimis, glahris, floribus ad apices 

 ramidorum 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, 

 subtiis 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 kpvtttoq hidden, and avr)p a stamen, in allusion to the 

 concealment of the anthers beneath the hooded petals. 



