Rhamnaceae

Petals or perianth segments 4–5 Rhamnaceae
Leaves alternate
Leaves glabrous
Leaves less than 10 mm wide Cryptandra
Sepals at least as long as the floral tube
Sepals 5–7 mm long, very silky hairy; the tube almost covered by bracts. Leaves linear or rarely ovate, with recurved margins, 2–6 mm long, not spinose. Divaricate shrub up to 1 m high. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Heath and DSF. Fl. winter–spring Cryptandra propinqua
Sepals 2–4 mm long, white tomentose. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–5 mm long. Often spiny shrub up to 1 m high. Widespread. Heath and DSF. Fl. autumn–spring Cryptandra amaraamara