150 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Capsule suh-didymous, each primary lobe somewhat constricted in 

 its middle line, so that the capsule appears indistinctly 4-lobed. 

 Plant pale dull-green, more or less thickly clothed with rather 

 long jointed hairs. The leaves resemble in shape those of Linaria 

 Cymbalaria. 



Ivy -leaved Speedwell. 



French, VeroJiique ct Feuilles de Lierre. German, Ejyhenhliittriger Ehrenjyreis. 



This common plant is also known by the names of Small Henbit, Ivy Chickweed, 

 and in Norfolk as Winter-weed. 



SPECIES IL— VERONICA POLITA. Fries. 



Plate DCCCCLXXI. 



Reich. Ic. Fh Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXCVIII. Figs. 1, 2. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 428. 



V. didyraa, « Ten." Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 599. Reich, fil. 1. c. 



V. agrestis, var. Benth. in D. G. Prod. Vol. X. p. 487 ; Handbook Brit. Fl. p. 403. 



Stem weak, much branched from the base ; branches procum- 

 bent or ascending at the apex. Leaves all shortly stalked, ovate 

 or roundish-ovate, subcordate or abrupt at the base, crenate- 

 serrate, with 7 to 11 small ovate teeth {i. e. 3 to 5 on each side), of 

 which the terminal one is not conspicuously larger than the others. 

 Bracts like the leaves. Flowers racemose. Peduncles usually as 

 long as or longer than the leaves. Sepals broadly ovate, acumi- 

 nate, not cordate, puberulent, ciliated with incurved hairs (which 

 are not gland-tipped), conspicuously 3- to 5-ribbed and netted- 

 veined in fruit. Capsule of 2 sub-globular sub-approximate lobes, 

 without keels or prominent veins, downy with short simple hairs 

 intermixed with gland-tipped ones. Style elongated, protruding 

 beyond the notch of the capsule. Seeds 8 to 10 in each cell. 

 Plant pubescent, with crisp jointed hairs. 



Var. a, genuina. 

 Corolla shorter than the calyx. 



Var. i3, grandijlora. Bab. 



Corolla longer than the calyx. 



In cultivated ground, hedge-banks, and waste places. Common, 

 and generally distributed. Var. ^ in Cambridgeshire and Isle of 



Wight. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Spring 

 to Autumn. 



