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any other species. Fruit 2J to 3in. long, not so broad as in X pyri forme and 
tapering into a thick beak recurved at the end. — A', pyriforme var. salicinum, R. 
Br. Prot. Nov 31 ; Meissn in DC. Prod. xiv. 423 ; Helicia Scottiana, F. v. M. 
Fragm. iv. 107 ; Xylomelum Scottianum, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 174, 215. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham ; Dogwood Creek, Leichhardt ; Rockingham Bay, 
J. Dallachy ; Darling Downs, Lau; Fraser’s Island, Hon. Miss Lovell ; Endeavour River. IF. A. 
Persieh ; Musgrave. Cape York Peninsula, Geo. Jacobson ; Thursday Island. 
Wood of a dark-red colour, close in grain, tough and durable. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, 
No. 333. 
8. ORITES, R. Br. 
(Mountain plants). 
(Oritina, B. Br.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth regular, nearly cylindrical in the bud, 
the segments free or nearly so, dilated at the end into short usually concave 
laminae. Anthers all perfect, enclosed in the perianth-laminae in the bud, 
but with short filaments inserted below the laminae, the cells adnate to the 
slender connective which is not produced beyond them and is often scarcely 
conspicuous. Hypogynous glands linear, obtuse. Ovary sessile, with a terminal 
filiform straight style, scarcely thickened at the end, obtuse, with a small terminal 
stigma ; ovules 2, amphitropous, laterally attached at or below the middle. Fruit 
an obliquely acute coriaceous follicle, more or less boat-shaped, the dorsal suture 
curved, the ventral one nearly straight. Seed compressed, with a terminal 
oblique or falcate wing, sometimes decurrent along the margins. — Shrubs or 
trees. Leaves alternate, more or less petiolate, entire toothed or rarely (in the 
same species) lobed. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary spikes, sessile or 
nearly so, in pairs within each bract. Bracts concave, imbricate in the very 
young spike but often falling off long before the flowers expand. 
The genus is endemic in Australia. 
Spikes all axillary. Leaves lanceolate, often toothed or divided on the barren 
branches. Tall tree. Leaves mostly above 4in. Branches inflorescence and 
ovary glabrous ... 1. 0. excelsa. 
Spikes nearly terminal. Small tree. Leaves ovate, usually less than 4in. long, 
entire 2. O.frayrans.. 
1. O. excelsa (tall), E. Br. Prot. Nor. 32; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 411. 
A handsome tree of 40 to 60ft., usually quite glabrous. Leaves on the flowering 
branches lanceolate, obtuse or acute, tapering in a rather long petiole, entire or 
slightly toothed, 4 to 6in. long, flat, reticulate, shining above, glaucous under- 
neath ; those of the barren branches often larger, toothed or deeply divided into 
3 or 5 lanceolate toothed lobes. Spikes axillary, interrupted, shorter than the 
leaves, usually glabrous, the flowers in distant pairs. Bracts at first ovate acute 
and imbricate, but falling off at a very early stage. Perianth glabrous, about 3 
lines long. Filaments broad, attached to about the middle of the claws. Ovary 
glabrous ; style short. Follicle acuminate, about lin. long. Seed flat, the 
nucleus about 4 lines long, with a terminal wing at least as lon’g. — Meissn. in 
DC. Prod. xiv. 423. 
Hab.: Mount Mistake. 
Wood dark towards the centre of the tree, the outer part yellowish and often prettily marked, 
close-grained, easy to work ; a useful wood for the joiner and cabinet-maker. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. 
Woods, No. 332. 
2. O. fragrans (fragrant), Bail. 3rd Suppl. Syn. Ql. FI. 61. A tall shrub 
or small tree with dense spreading head, glabrous except the inflorescence and a 
slight hoariness on the young growth ; the twigs or branches bearing the flowers, 
purplish or reddish. • Leaves alternate, ovate-obtuse, emarginate or somewhat 
pointed, 2y to 3|in. long, and 1 to 2in. broad ; the margins quite entire, pale on 
