CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. 



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Text -figure 1. 

 Crjptandra armata sp. nov. A, shoot, nat. size. B. side, front, 

 and back view of leaf, X 3. C. flower, x 2. D, pistil, x 2^. 



Order RHAMNACE.E. 

 CPvYPTANDRA Sm. 

 C. armata sp. nov. (Text-fig. 1.) 



Frutex, ramiilis spinescentibus novellis puberulis ; folii.s 

 glabris lanceolatis vel oblongo-linearibus vel fere teretibus 

 marginibus revolutis 3-5 mm. longis ; floribus breviter pedi- 

 cellatis lateralibus, solitaribus vel breviter racemosis ; bracteis 

 rotundatis margiiiibus ciliolatis ; calyeibus extus sericeo- 

 pubescentibus, urceolatis 5-6 mm. longis, lobis triangularibus 

 tubo tripto brevioribus ; petalis cucullatis ; antheris inclusis 

 cordatis, filamentis liberis ; ovario dense pubescente, stylo 

 glabro. 



A thorny shrub. Young branchlets finely pubescent. 

 Thorns 3-5 hnes (6-10 mm.) long. Leaves clustered at the 

 base or scattered in the lower part of the horizontally spreading, 

 pungent thorns, oblong-lanceolate, oblong-Unear or almost 

 terete, with closelj'^ revolute margins, curved in the dried 

 specimens, 1^-2^ Unes (3-5 mm.) long. Flowers on very short 

 pubescent pedicels arising laterally from the thorns, single or 

 very shortly racemose. Imbricate brown bracts broad and 

 rounded, with minutely ciliate margins, less than 1 line (2 mm.) 



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