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sometimes lower lobes further divided 1-3 times; 
lobes filiform, 45-80 mm long, c. | mm wide. 
Inflorescence terminal, unbranched, secund, to 300 
mm long. Perianth green maturing yellow, glabrous 
inside, separating into 4 free segments. Ovary 
sessile, hirsute; style green turning yellow, pollen 
presenter lateral. Follicle asymmetric narrow-ovoid, 
14-15 mm long, ferruginous with septate glandular 
hairs and unequal 2-armed hairs. Seed ellipsoid to 
oblong, 9-11 mm long, flattened, wing vestigial and 
modified into an elaiosome, protruding at one end. 
Flowering: Jan - Apr; fruiting: Feb - May. Fig. 35 
Endemic to the western Arnhem Land plateau but 
now widely cultivated in Darwin. 
G. goodii R.Br. subsp. goodii 
Prostrate shrub, annual stems from perennial 
rootstock. Indumentum on branches, leaves, 
inflorescence, outside of perianth of fine medifixed, 
ferruginous or hyaline hairs, minute colleters on 
underside of leaf. Petiole 4-7 mm long. Leaf blades 
entire, lanceolate, elliptic, obcordate, 48-175 mm 
long, 22-50 mm wide, L/W 1.4-7, venation conspicu- 
ous with a prominent intramarginal vein. Inflores- 
cence axillary, rarely terminal, unbranched, secund, 
to 270 mm long. Perianth greenish to red, hairy 
inside; deciduous in 2 parts. Ovary shortly stipitate, 
white hirsute; style pink, sparsely hairy for lower 
2/3, pollen presenter lateral. Follicle ellipsoid, 15-17 
mm long, thinly woody. Seed ellipsoid, c. 10 mm long, 
wing narrow, + fleshy and protruding at one end. 
Flowering: Jan - Apr; fruiting: May - June. 
An NT endemic; widespread in the DR on sandy 
soils in Eucalyptus miniata open forest. 
G. goodii R.Br. subsp. pluricaulis McGillivray 
Erect multistemmed shrub to 3 m. Petiole 5-15 mm 
long. Leaf blades entire, lanceolate, narrowly elliptic 
to oblong, 130-300 mm long, 27-85 mm wide, 
L/W 2.5-7, apex acute to emarginate. Inflorescence 
to 150 mm long. Perianth pale greenish yellow to 
orange. Ovary white sericeous; style orange, pink to 
bright red, hairy. Flowering: all year; fruiting: Apr - 
June. Fig. 35 
An NT endemic from Melville Is. to Port Keats, 
Darwin R. area and Litchfield NP. Differing from 
subsp. goodii by the above characters. 
G. heliosperma R.Br. 
Small tree to 7 m. Indumentum on branchlets and 
leaves of ferruginous, medifixed hairs, leaf blades 
glabrescent or glabrous. Petiole 50-115 mm long. Leaf 
blades concolorous, mostly bipinnate, 4-6 pairs of 
lobes, dissected to midrib, terminal lobes simple, 
rachis to 290 mm long; lobes narrowly lanceolate to 
narrowly elliptic, 55-130 mm long, 6-14 mm wide, 
L/W (6)9-16. Inflorescences axillary or rarely 
terminal, branched, to 150 mm long. Perianth red, 
glaucous, hairy inside at base; deciduous in 4 parts. 
Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style red, pollen presenter 
lateral to oblique. Follicle orbicular, 20-35 mm diam., 
glabrous, glaucous, valves thickly woody. Seed 
orbicular, c. 15 mm diam. with wing to 4 mm broad. 
Flowering: May - July; fruiting: July - Oct. Fig. 35 
From western Qld to the Kimberley. Common 
in the DR on sandy soils or sandstone in Eucalypt 
forest. Close to G. decurrens with which it 
hybridises. See notes for G. decurrens. 
G. longicuspis McGillivray 
Shrub to 1 m. Indumentum on branchlets, leaves 
and peduncle of medifixed and septate glandular hairs. 
Petiole 5-14 mm long. Leaf blades ovate, 35-65 mm 
long, 25-60 mm wide, L/W 1-1.7, coarsely dentate; 
lobes spinose. Inflorescence axillary or terminal on 
short lateral branchlets, unbranched, to 40 mm long. 
Perianth red, hairy inside; separating into 4 free 
segments. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style glabrous, 
yellowish, pollen presenter lateral. Follicle oblong, 
12-14 mm long, glabrous. Seed not seen. Flowering: 
Aug - Dec; fruiting: Sept - Apr. Fig. 35 
A DR endemic, restricted to the Manton Dam area, 
Berry Springs and Wagait. On gravelly soils in open 
woodland. 
G. mimosoides R.Br. 
Small tree to 8 m. Bark thick, furrowed, grey. 
Indumentum of dense, silvery, medifixed hairs on 
young branchlets and petioles. Leaves sessile; blades 
grey-green, falcate, 120-290 mm long, 6-20(30) mm 
wide, L/W 8-25, coriaceous, entire, with obscure fine 
parallel veins. Inflorescence terminal, branched, to 
300 mm long. Perianth cream, papillose inside; 
separating into 4 free segments. Ovary stipitate, 
glabrous; style cream, glabrous, pollen presenter 
conical. Follicle + orbicular, 14-22 mm diam., woody, 
covered with caustic sticky resin. Seed not seen. 
Flowering: June - Sept; fruiting: mostly Sept - Nov, 
old fruits persisting. Fig. 36 
From western Qld to the Kimberley. Scattered in 
the DR in open forest or woodland. 
G. myosodes McGillivray 
Shrub to 1.6 m. Indumentum of branchlets and 
