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409. H. geranioides (A. Cunn.). 



Vansittart Bay (A. Cunn.) ; Native Well, between Derby and 

 Meda Station (W.V.F.). 



Erect, sparsely branched, 2-3ft. high ; calyx lobes l-nerved, 

 corolla white with a dark centre, sometimes scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx ; capsule sparingly hispid at the sum- 

 mit ; seeds slightly silky. 



In dry sandy soil. 



410. H. vitifolius L. 



Wingrah or Devil's Pass, Napier Range (W.V.F. ). 



Erect, 3-5ft. high ; tomentum intermixed with scattered 

 tubercles from which arise simple or trifid setulose 

 bristles ; bracteoles 8 ; flowers yellow with a darker 

 centre. 



Brockmania (W.V.F.) n. gen. 



Bracteoles free. Calyx 5-lobed. Staminal column with 5 

 anthers surrounding the summit. Ovary 5-celled, each 

 cell 2-ovulate, the ovules ascending. Style-branches 6, 

 slender, stigmatic along the inner side. Capsule mem- 

 branous, 5-valved, loculicidally dehiscmg and seceding 

 from the short axis, each valve with 1 perfect seed. 



The genus is named in memory of the late Mr. F. S. Brockman, 

 Surveyor General of Western Australia. 



411. B. membranacea (W.V.F.). n. sp. 



, An erect or ascending annual ; stems green, scantily invested/ 

 with spreading or slighth' recurved setulose bristles ; 

 leaves membranous, broadly cordats- ovate to orbicular, 

 aJDtuse, entire or broadly 5-lobed, coarsely and irregularly 

 toothed, glabrous or scantily setulose on both pages, the 

 petioles slender, shorter than the laminae ; stipules linear, 

 setular pointed, deciduous ; pedicels sohtary in the upper 

 axils, reflexed, shorter than the leaves, articulate about 

 the middle, bracteoles 8-10, linear, longer than the calyx, 

 rigid, setular-margined ; calyx broadly campanulate, 

 enlarged in fruit, lobedto the middle, the tube lO-ribbed, 

 the ribs setulose, membranous and glabrous between 

 the lobes, o^'ate, acuminate, with a. prominent midrib 

 and thickened margins both setulose ; petals broadly 

 obovate, glabrous, slightly exceeding the calyx ; staminal 

 column glabrous, short, the filaments short or none ; 

 style divided to below the middle into three lobes, two 

 of which are again deeply divided ; capsule enclosed in the 

 enlarged calyx, globular, obtuse ; seeds reniform, glabrous 

 or scantily tomentose, tuberculate. 

 Banks of Lennard River about 10 miles above Wingrah Pass 

 (W.V.F.). 



