Compilation
Doria ciliata

rigidly suffruticose, spreading, much branched; branches pale, angular; leaves sessile, half-clasping, cuneate-oblong, obsoletely 3–5-toothed at the extremity, cartilagineo-ciliolate, coriaceous, rigid, faintly three-nerved, glaucous (turning black when dry); pedicels short, one-headed, terminal or opposite the leaves; inv. scales 4–5, broadly oblong, connate at base, with membr. edges, acute; marg. achenes glabrous or nearly so (ripe not seen). Closely much branched, leafy; the pale twigs very rigid, but imperfectly ligneous. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, 4–5 lines wide, with a deltoid extremity; in the specimens seen turning quite black in drying. Pedicel shorter than the leaves. Inv. sc. 4–5 lines long, 2 l. wide.