326 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Protectee®. 
anthers. Ovary with four hypogynous glands, one cell, two ovules, and a straight style. Fruit a follicle, with two 
erect seeds, which are winged at the top, or both at the top and base. (Name from opos, a mountain.) 
1. Orites diversifolia (Br. Prodr. 388); frutex rigidus erectus, ramulis tomentosis, foliis breve 
petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis v. apice v. supra medium grosse dentatis venis obscuris subtus 
pubescentibus glabratisve, spicis axillaribus terminalibusque foliis brevioribus puberubs, floribus sessilibus 
glaberrimis.— Br. in Linn. Trans, x. 190 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 424. {Gunn, 738.) 
Hab. Near the summit of Mount Wellington; rare.— (Fl. Jan.) {v. v.) 
This is one of the few Tasmania!] alpine plants that has hitherto been found in one confined locality only. It 
forms a small, erect, rigid shrub, with stout, pubescent or almost tomentose branches, and rigid, erect, lanceolate 
leaves, 2-3 inches long, which are glabrous on both surfaces, or pubescent below, and entire or toothed at the apex, 
or coarsely serrate from above the middle upwards. Flowers small, glabrous, spiked, the spikes axillary and ter- 
minal, strict, erect, shorter than the leaves. 
». Orites Milligani (Meisn. in Hook. Bot. Joura. iv. 209, ami. 1852) ; frutex rigidus glaber, ramulis 
brevibus crassis, foliis breve petiolatis ovalibus ovato-rotundatisve grosse dentatis crasse coriaceis, spicis soli- 
taries terminalibus erectis densifloris foliis longioribus, pedunculo floribusque sessilibus glaberrimis, ovario 
dense sericeo, bracteis ovatis acuminatis, capsula compressa ovata rostrata. — Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 424. 
{Gunn, 2052.) 
Hab. Mount Sorrell, Macquarrie Harbour, elev. 4-5000 feet, Mittigan.—($\. Dec.) 
A very remarkable and distinct species, forming a small, rigid, very woody bush, 1-3 feet high, with stout 
branches and glabrous branchlets. — Leaves very thick and coriaceous, about -f-1 inch long, petiolate, oblong or 
rounded, coarsely toothed. Spikes 2-3 inches long ; young ones densely clothed with imbricating, concave, rigid, 
ovate, acuminate bracts ; older elongated ; peduncle glabrous. Flowers sessile, glabrous. Capsule about l£ inch 
•3. Orites revoluta (Br. Prodr. 388); frutex, ramis ascendentibus, ramulis sericeo-tomentosis, foliis 
lineari-teretibus muticis integerrimis margine ad costam revolutis subtus incano-tomentosis, spicis axillaribus 
terminalibusque foliis longioribus, pedunculo ovarioque dense lanuginoso, periantbiis glabris, bracteis seri- 
ceis, capsula elliptica utrinque angustata compressa dense sericeo-tomentosa. — Br. in Linn. Trans, x. 190 ; 
A. Rich. Serf. Astrol. 70. t. 25./. 1 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 424. {Gunn, 286.) 
Hab. On all the mountain-ranges above 3000 feet elevation, abundant.— (Fl. Feb.) (v. v.) 
A shrub, 4-6 feet high, with ascending or suberect, tomentose branches. Leaves less than 1 inch long, sub- 
erect, very thick and coriaceous, linear and terete, from the margins being rolled back to the midrib, tomentose 
beneath. Spikes twice as long as the leaves, terminal and lateral, rigid, erect, lanuginose with brown tomentum, as 
are the ovaries. Perianth glabrous. Capsules about as long as the leaves, densely pubescent, obliquely elliptical, 
4. Orites acicularis (Br. Prodr. Suppl. 32) ; frutex nitidus erectus, foliis petiolatis erectis teretibus 
pungenti-acuminatis superne sulcatis, spicis axillaribus terminalibusque foliis brevioribus, rachi flexuosa 
ovarioque sericeo-pubescentibus, bracteis perianthiisque glabris, capsula glabra compressa obovato-elliptica 
abrupte incurvo-rostrata, semine utrinque alato.— Br. in Linn, Trans, x. 224 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 
424. [Gunn, 265.) 
Hab. Abundant on all the mountains, especially by streams, elev. 3-4000 feet.— (FL Dec.) {v. v.) 
An erect bush, 4-5 feet high, of a singularly pale yellowish hue, and so common along the banks of alpine 
streams that Gunn says their course may be traced from a distance by it.— Leaves 1 inch long, erect, terete, glabrous, 
petioled, pungent. Spikes short, silky, axillary and terminal, flexuose. Flowers small. Bracts broadly ovate, with 
long, acuminate points, glabrous. Follicle compressed, glabrous, with suddenly upturned, acuminate beaks. 
