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branches, the lateral ones slightly longer, much more slen- 

 der than the central one; capsule narrow-ovate, usually 

 ripening not more than 1-2 seeds in each cell ; seeds narrow- 

 ovate, flat, with thick edges, membrane-margined and 

 densely muricate. 



Isdell River, near Grace's Knob (AV.V.F.). 



Stems not exceeding 1ft. in length; leaves to above l^^in. long 

 but usually less; calyx barely three lines long; corolla 

 slightly above iin. long, yellow streaked with reddish- 

 purple; capsule nearly three lines long. Seeds brown. 



In grassy spots. Named in honour of Mr. W. Hepple Brown, 

 who was rn otficer of the Kimberley Survey Expedition, 

 1905. 



Affinity to C. pilosa B. Bi. 



640. Scaevola revoluta R. Br. 



Near Traine River; junction of Hann and Fitzroy Rivers 



(W.V.F.). 

 A spreading shrub, 3ft. high; leaves often above lin. long, cor- 

 olla over Jin. long, blue. In sandy loam. 



f)41. S. soabrida W.V.F., n. sp. 



Shiubby, with numerous erect much-branched stems from a 

 thick stock, which along with the leaves are almost spinu- 

 lose scabrous and densely grandular; leaves broadly sessile, 

 oblanceolate to linear, obtuse, entire, with recurved mar- 

 gins; flowers in short dense terminal spikes; the lanceo- 

 late obtuse bracts almost as long as the flower ; bracteoles 

 similar, almost half as long as the flower, both bracts and 

 bracteoles with dense tufts of white hairs in their axils; 

 calyx-lobes exceedingly short and broad; corolla glandular 

 without, lower half glabrous, upper portion spinulose sca- 

 biid, with the throat and tube densely invested with slightly 

 reflcxed white bristly hairs; anthers inappendicnlate ; ovary 

 one-celled, two-ovulate; style and indusium scantily hairy, 

 the latter slightly ciliate; fruit oblong, glabrous, tubercu- 

 late, one-seeded. 



Summits of Mounts Herbert, Broome, and Rason; Packhouse 

 and Isdell Ranges; Sunday Island (W.V.F.). 



Height to 3ft.; leaves mostly J-lJin. long. Corolla 4-5 lines 

 long. White. Fruit about If lines long. 



Among and in the crevices of sandstone and quartzite rocks. 



Affinity to S. macrostachya Benth. 



642. S. stenostaehya W.V.F., n. sp. 



A densely-branched depressed shrub, more or less hirsute; 

 leaves broadly sessile, oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse, with 

 recurved entire margins; flowers sessile, in long terminal 



