Grevillea 
leaves of ferruginous medifixed hairs and septate 
glandular hairs, leaves sometimes lacking glandular 
hairs. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; blades 
narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 90-170 mm long, 11-35 
mm wide, L/W (2.5)6.5-9.5, coriaceous, entire, 
obscurely veined. /nflorescence terminal, branched, 
to 140 mm long. Perianth creamy yellow; separating 
into 4 free segments. Ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous; 
style cream to yellow, pollen presenter conical. 
Follicle oblong to + orbicular, 19-24 mm long. Seed 
oblong to orbicular, c. 18 mm long, 14 mm wide, 
wing c. 4 mm broad. Flowering: Apr; fruiting: Apr - 
May. Fig. 36 
Disjunct from western Arnhem Land to Litchfield 
NP and the Kimberley. Rare in the DR; in open 
Eucalypt forest on lateritic and sandstone plateaus. 
G. parallela Knight 
Small tree to 6 m. Bark black, rough, furrowed. 
Indumentum on branchlets and leaves of medifixed 
hairs, rarely in dry country the inflorescence and 
flowers sericeous. Leaves entire or deeply 2-7-lobed, 
to 350 mm long, discolorous, longitudinally veined, 
margins recurved; lobes linear, to 115 mm long, 
1.5-9 mm wide. Inflorescence terminal, branched, to 
140 mm long. Perianth white to pale yellow, usually 
glabrous; separating into 4 free segments. Ovary 
stipitate; style cream, pollen presenter oblique. 
Follicle ellipsoid, 20-22 mm long, woody. Seed 
orbicular, c. 17 mm diam., wing c. 4 mm broad. 
Flowering: Apr - Oct; fruiting: July - Dec. Fig. 34, 36 
From Qld to the Kimberley; rare in the DR where 
known only from Melville Is. and the Marrakai area. 
Typically in seasonally wet areas on a variety of soil 
types. 
G. pteridifolia Knight 
Small tree to 6 m. Bark dark grey, finely fissured. 
Indumentum on branchlets, leaves, inflorescence and 
perianth of dense medifixed hairs. Petiole 45-90 mm 
long. Leaf blades silvery, discolorous, to 40 mm long, 
1-pinnate with 7-11 pairs of lobes, dissected to midrib, 
sometimes lower lobes further divided 1-2 times; 
lobes linear, to 180 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, margin 
recurved. Inflorescence axillary or terminal on short 
lateral branches, unbranched, appearing 1-sided at 
anthesis, to 230 mm long. Perianth orange, glabrous 
inside; separating into 4 free segments. Ovary 
sessile, hirsute; style orange, glabrous,* pollen 
presenter oblique. Follicle asymmetrically oblong, 
14-20 mm long, densely tomentose with septate 
PROTEACEAE 125 
glandular hairs. Seed narrowly oblong, 12-17 mm 
long, wing c. 2.5 mm broad. Flowering: May - Aug, 
later in eastern Arnhem Land; fruiting: June - Oct. 
Fig. 36 
Widespread from Qld to the Kimberley and 
common in the DR, especially on seasonally wet 
sandy areas. 
G. pyramidalis A.Cunn. ex R.Br. 
Small tree to 7 m. Indumentum of fine, ferrugi- 
nous or silvery, medifixed hairs on branchlets and 
leaves, otherwise glabrous. Petiole 50-140 mm long. 
Leaf blades 270-500 mm long, entire or 1-pinnate with 
4-7 pairs of lobes, dissected to midrib, sometimes 
lower lobes further divided 1-3 times; lobes linear, to 
390 mm long, 1-4(8) mm wide. Inflorescence 
terminal, branched, to 500 mm long. Perianth white 
to cream, papillose inside; separating into 4 free 
segments. Ovary stipitate; style cream, pollen 
presenter conical. Follicle ellipsoid to orbicular, 
17-24 mm long, thinly woody, viscid, drying black. 
Seed not seen. Flowering: May - Oct; fruiting: Sept - 
Jan. Fig. 36 
From the NT and the Kimberley; rare in the DR 
with records from the Daly River and Mt Bundey; 
more common in drier country of the Gulf and the 
VRD. Occurs in open woodland. Closely related to 
G. erythroclada W. Fitzg. which occurs from the Gulf 
to the Kimberley. 
G. refracta R.Br. 
Shrub to 5 m. Indumentum on branchlets, leaves, 
inflorescence and perianth of dense silvery or 
ferruginous, medifixed hairs. Petiole 20-40 mm long. 
Leaf blades discolorous, to 170 mm long, entire or 
1-pinnate with 1-10 pairs of lobes, deeply dissected 
to midrib; lobes narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 
50-170 mm long, 4-21 mm wide. Inflorescence 
terminal, branched, to 60 mm long, branches 
recurved. Perianth yellow-orange to red, hairy inside; 
separating into 4 free segments. Ovary stipitate, 
glabrous; style yellow, glabrous, pollen presenter 
oblique to lateral. Follicle + orbicular to elliptic, 
20-30 mm long, woody. Seeds elliptic, c. 19 mm 
long, wing c. 4 mm broad. Flowering and fruiting: 
throughout the year. Fig. 36 
Widespread across the NT to the Kimberley. Rare 
in the DR in southern parts around Litchfield; on 
sandstone or sandy soils. 
