A distinctive cultivar of Scaevola plant named `Brillant`, characterized by its spreading, cascading and uniformly rounded plant habit; compact growth habit with short internodes; very freely branching plant habit; vigorous growth habit; and numerous blue purple fan-shaped flowers.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
 The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Scaevola
 plant, botanically known as Scaevola aemula and referred to by the
 cultivar name Brillant.
 The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by
 the Inventor in Sudlohn-Oeding, Germany. The new Scaevola originated from
 a cross of the Scaevola cultivar Fancy, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No.
 9,867, as the female, or seed, parent with an unidentified selection of
 Scaevola aemula, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
 Scaevola was selected by the Inventor in 1998 on the basis of its compact
 plant habit.
 Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at
 Sudlohn-Oeding, Germany, has shown that the unique features of this new
 Scaevola are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
 The new cultivar has not been observed under all possible environmental
 conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment
 such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any
 variance in genotype.
 The following characteristics have been repeatedly observed and are
 determined to be the basic characteristics of `Brillant` which distinguish
 `Brillant` as a new and distinct cultivar.
 1. Spreading, cascading and uniformly rounded plant habit.
 2. Compact plants with short internodes, dense and bushy plant form.
 3. Very freely branching plant habit.
 4. Vigrorous growth habit.
 5. Very floriferous with numerous blue purple fan-shaped flowers.
 Plants of the new Scaevola are most similar to the female parent, the
 cultivar Fancy. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted by the
 Inventor in Sudlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the new Scaevola and the
 cultivar Fancy differ in the following characteristics:
 1. Plants of the new Scaevola are more compact and have shorter lateral
 branches than plants of the cultivar Fancy.
 2. Plants of the new Scaevola are more freely branching than plants of the
 cultivar Fancy.
 3. Plants of the new Scaevola have shorter internodes than plants of the
 cultivar Fancy.
 4. Plants of the new Scaevola have more flowers per centimeter of lateral
 stem than plants of the cultivar Fancy.
 5. Petal of the new Scaevola are not white at the base whereas petals of
 the cultivar Fancy are white at the base forming a white band.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
 The following observations, measurements and values describe plants of the
 new Scaevola grown in containers in Sudlohn-Oeding, Germany under
 conditions which approximate those used in commercial production. Plants
 used for this description were about 8 weeks old and grown in 12.5-cm
 container during the spring in a glass-covered greenhouse. Color
 references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except
 where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
 Botanical classification: Scaevola aemula cultivar Brillant.
 Parentage:
 Female, or seed, parent.--Scaevola aemula cultivar Fancy, disclosed in U.S.
 Plant Pat. No. 9,867.
 Male, or pollen, parent.--Unidentified selection of Scaevola aemula, not
 patented.
 Propagation:
 Type cutting.--Terminal cuttings.
 Time to develop roots.--About four weeks at 22.degree. C.
 Rooting habit.--Fine, fibrous, and freely branching.
 Plant description:
 Plant form and growth habit.--Annual container and garden plant. Spreading,
 cascading and uniformly mounded plant habit; eventually plants become
 spherical in shape. Suitable for hanging basket, window box and patio
 containers. Compact plants with numerous leaves and short internodes;
 full, dense and bushy plant form. Very freely branching with lateral
 branches potentially forming at every vegetative leaf axil.
 Crop time.--About 8 weeks are required to produce a finished, flowering
 plant in a 12.5-cm container.
 Vigor.--Vigorous.
 Plant height (soil level to top of plant plane).--About 22.5 cm.
 Plant length (soil level to apices of lateral branches).--About 87.5 cm.
 Stem description.--Lateral branch length: About 30 cm. Diameter: Main
 stems, about 5.5 mm; lateral branches, about 2.6 mm. Internode length:
 About 1.6 cm. Color: 144A, under high light, anthocyanin, 166A to 166B, is
 observed. Texture: Smooth; sparse pubescence.
 Foliage description.--Arrangement: Alternate, single. Length: Fully
 expanded leaf, about 6.5 cm. Width: Fully expanded leaf, about 2 cm.
 Shape: Oblanceolate to spatulate. Apex: Acute. Base: Attenuate. Margin:
 Irregularly serrated, slightly serrated towards base and more strongly
 serrated towards apex. Texture: Very sparsely pubescent, rough and
 somewhat leathery, both surfaces. Color: Young leaves, upper surface: 137A
 to 137B. Young leaves, lower surface: 137C. Fully expanded leaves, upper
 surface: 137A to 137B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: 137C.
 Flower description:
 Flower type and shape.--Zygomorphic, semi-circular, fan-shaped flowers with
 five petals fused at the base to form a tubular flower throat. Flower
 throat open along the upper surface exposing reproductive organs. Flowers
 persistent. No fragrance detected.
 Flower arrangement and quantity.--Solitary flowers arise from leaf axils
 with one flower per axil. Flowers held outwardly on upturned lateral
 apices. Flowering on about 24 cm of distal end of lateral stems. Very
 freely flowering, typically about 3 flowers per centimeter of flowering
 stem.
 Flowering time.--Plants flower continuously from spring until frost.
 Flowers typically last at least 3 days on the plant.
 Flower buds.--Shape: Lanceolate. Length: About 1.3 cm. Diameter: About 3
 mm. Color: 145A becoming 148B to 148C just before opening.
 Perianth.--Aspect: Fan-shaped, flat. Length, fan: About 3.75 cm. Width,
 fan: About 2 cm.
 Petals.--Quantity: Five, fused at base. Shape: Close to oblanceolate. Apex:
 Cuspidate. Margin: Entire. Length, above tube: About 1.6 cm. Width, above
 tube: About 6 mm. Length, tube: About 1.4 cm. Diameter, tube opening:
 About 4 mm. Diameter, tube: About 2.5 mm. Texture: Smooth. Flower throat,
 whiskered. Color: When opening, upper surface: 90B. When opening, lower
 surface and tube: 90C. Fully opened, upper surface: 90C, veins, 79B. Fully
 opened, lower surface and tube: 90D, veins, 85D. Throat: 160A, veins,
 200C. Tube: Upper surface, 199A, lower surface, 160D.
 Sepals.--Quantity and arrangement: One large sepal, two smaller sepals
 lateral to larger sepal. Length: Larger sepal, about 1.75 cm; lateral
 sepals, about 9 mm. Width: Larger sepal, about 6 mm; lateral sepals, about
 1.5 mm. Shape: Larger sepal, lanceolate; lateral sepals, acicular,
 needle-like. Apex: Acute. Margin: Enitre. Texture: Leathery, slightly
 pubescent, both surfaces. Color: Upper surface: 137A. Lower surface: 137C.
 Reproductive organs.--Androecium: Five stamens. Anthers: Shape: Oval.
 Length: About 2 mm. Diameter: About 0.5 mm. Color: 166B. Pollen: Very
 scarce, yellow. Gynoecium: Pistil quantity: One. Pistil length: About 1.7
 cm. Style length: About 1.2 cm. Style color: Apex, 166A; base, 145C.
 Stigma shape: Elongate. Stigma color: 155A. Ovary color: 145A.
 Seed.--Seed production has not been observed.
 Pest disease resistance: Plants of the new Scaevola have been noted to be
 resistant to pest/pathogens common to Scaevola.
 Weather tolerance: Plants of the new Scaevola have been observed to be
 tolerant to rain and wind.