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498. M. nudicaulis Reinwardt. 



Near Mt. Bartlett, Isdell River; eastern base of Mt. Rason 



(W.V.F.). 

 Leaves rosulate; corolla white. In moist grassy localities. 



GENTIANACE^. 



499. Canscora diffusa R. Br. 



Bases of Bold Bluff and Precipice Range; Isdell River; Bell 



Creek (W.V.F.). 

 Flowers pink. In moist sandy soil. 



500. Limnanthemum minimum F. v. M. 



York Sound (A. Cunn) ; Isdell River (W.V.F.). 

 Stems sometimes matted, 6-12in. long; flowers white. Floating 

 in water. 



501. L. indicum Thwaites. 



Lennard and Isdell Rivers (W.V.F.). 



Flowers white, the petals fimbriated. Rooting in mud, the leaves 

 floating in still water. 



502. L. crenatum F. v. M. 



Meda, May, Lennard, Isdell and Cliarnley Rivers; Bell Creek 

 (W.V.F.). 



Stems running many yards or rooting at each node in mud; 

 leaves floating in still water; flowers yellow; petals fim- 

 briated. 



APOCYNACE^. 



503. Carissa lanceolata R. Br. 



A spreading intricately branched shrub of 4-8ft. in height; 

 flowers white ; fruits purple, ovate, about 2 lines long, some- 

 what succulent, and yielding a viscid white juice. An 

 excellent hedge plant. Growing in sandy soils. The "Water 

 Currant" of Kimberley. 



504. Alstonia verticillosa F. v. M. 



Montague Sound (A. Cunn.); Edkins Range; Charnley and 



Barker Rivers; vicinity of Napier Range (W.Y.F.). 

 A bushy tree to 50ft. in height; trunk 20-25ft., diameter 2-24ft.; 



bark dark-brown, almost black, thick, rough and corky ; 



timber pale and not very hard; sap copious, milky. In 



sandy loam. 



505. Wrightia saligna F. v. M. 



A willow4ike tree of 20-25ft.; trunk to 10ft.; diameter 6in.; 

 bark grey, rough and longitudinally fissured; timber pale, 

 and rather soft. This plant, whiph is more often a Shrub, 



