glabrous, spiny; twigs sub-quadrangular; leaves tufted, solitary on the twigs, those of the tufts obovate-oblong, gradually tapering into a petiole, crenato-dentate; those of the twigs rhomboid, obtuse, shortly cuneate, serrated, coriaceous, netted; panicles axillary, cymose, equalling the leaf; capsules small, sub-orbicular, trigonous, 3–2-seeded. A shrub, with very short spines. The tufted leaves are quite like those of C. buxifolius, 1 1/2–2 inches long, 8–10 lines wide, emarginate, with larger crenatures or teeth than in that species; the upper 1 1/2 inch long, inch wide, coarsely serrate, obtuse and apiculate. Panicle on a peduncle 1/2 inch long, with divaricate branches, the pedicels 2 lines long. Flowers 5 fid. Capsule the size of a pepper-corn, tipped with a very short style.
