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#194.
3-7-30 Senista lucida Camb. Kn# 60, Bar
106. Fl. nots. Corunga hill side on rd to Audsley.
Shrub to about 3 ft. (perhaps more). Branched v
spiny. Folio except on the short fl. branches. Bark
gray v. shreddy. Branches v spines green (not
shining) furrowed, more or less pubescent
with short appressed white hairs. Main stems
be spines v also branches which branch again
again. The ultimate branchlets (1/2 in long are
spine pointed v bear all spines 1/2-3/4 in long, often
not more than 1/2 in apart. Old spines bear what
seem at foules if at base v or fl. at young spines
are growing in axils of lvs. Fl. stems at tips of
branches about length of spine (a little longer)
grow at base of spine on the out (down) side. Lvs about
6 mm long lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, entire,
more or less covered with short appressed brown
hairs as is also fl. stg. Calyx. stipules very small,
joined at base with 2 short awl-shaped points.
At base of flt there seem to be 2 oppsds. rather short
v brood than others v a third placed between,
them v or slightly above as to give effect of 3-
foliate lf. The other few (2-4) brown fl.t and clearly
simple v alt. v when young spines in axils. Fl.
(about 4) in axils linked back on very short ped-
cicles which base 2 linear st bracts at top. Calyx 5-
divided to below middle into linear lobes, the