| + | Shrubs, usually with dense, minute, stellate hairs: lvs. opposite, stalked, entire, and with transparent dots: fls. rather large, showy, red, white, yellow or green, usually pendulous, solitary or 2 or 3 together; petals and sepals each 4; stamens 8: carpels 4, nearly distinct.—Seven species. C. speciosa is probably the best and most variable species. It is a native of barren sandy plains, and belongs to the large and much- neglected class of Australian shrubs. |