Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



blossoms of both is similar and eccentric, as befits mem- 

 bers of the Protacece family. 



In the G. rosmarinifolia the four petals are united, 

 reminding one of a shell, and at first the long, thin 

 column from the ovary, which projects from between 

 the petals on top, has its tip caught in their tip, so that 

 it looks like a curved teapot handle. A little later the 

 tip is released by the petals separating and curling back, 

 and it flies straight out, horn-like, its end, or stigma, 

 shaped like a flattened disc and in a receptive state for 

 pollen. Again the stamens are very small, and on the 

 tips of the petals. The sulphur-yellow flowers of G. 

 iuniperina are rather longer and slighter, and here, too, 

 the ovary column, yellow in this case, is first curved like a 

 handle and then straightens into a horn. In both cases 

 the flowers are carried in clusters. The narrow, stalkless 

 leaves are set thickly upon the main stems, their edges 

 curling a little backwards, those of the rosemary-like 

 Grevillia being a greyer green than those of its juniper- 

 like relative. Both, too, stand the winter well in the 

 South of England, G. juniperina being perhaps the 

 hardier and make quite good bushes. The generic 

 name commemorates Robert Kaye Greville, who wrote 

 the " Scottish Cryptogamic Flora " at the end of the 

 eighteenth century. They are both natives of New 

 South Wales, and G. rosmarinifolia was discovered in 



1832 by Allan Cunningham. 



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