13 ENGLISn BOTANY. 



sule £ to 1J inch long, finely hispid, somewhat resembling that of 

 the Evening-primrose, but with the calyx-segments persistent, and 

 the capsule itself 3-celled, and opening by 3 longitudinal clefts at 

 the top. Seeds light-brown, oval, highly polished. Plant greyish- 

 green, hispid or puberulent. 



Small-flowered Venus' Looking-glass. 



Sub-Gentjs III.— WAHLENBERGIA. Schrad. 



Calyx-tube turbinate or obconic, usually enlarged upwards. 

 Corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, with 3 to 5 rather shallow 

 lobes. Capsule shorter than the calyx-segments, partially superior, 

 opening by 3 valves, into which the portion above the calyx- 

 segments splits. 



SPECIES X— CAMPANULA HEDERACEA. Linn. 



Plate DCCCLXXV. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX Tab. MDCXVII. Figs. 3, 4. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 51. 



Wahlenbergia hederaoea, Reich. D. G. Prod. Vol. VII. p. 428. Bab. Man. Brit Bot. 



ed. v. p. 212. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 514. Fries, Sum. Veg. 



Scand. p. 11. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 421. Reich. JU. 1. c. 



Perennial. Root stock creeping. Stems filiform, diffusely 

 branched, prostrate. Leaves all stalked, roundish, sub-cordate, 

 5- to 7-angled or slightly lobed with the lobes shallow-deltoid, 

 glabrous. Elowers at first drooping, afterwards erect, solitary. 

 Peduncles terminal, and opposite the leaves, long, slender, 1-flow- 

 ered. Calyx - tube glabrous ; segments strapshaped - lanceolate, 

 erect. Corolla cylindrical-bellshaped, 5-toothed at the apex, the 

 teeth slightly recurved. Capsule globular, opening by 3 valves 

 within the calyx-segments. 



On damp heaths, bogs, and wet places. Rather rare, but pretty 

 generally distributed in the South and West of the island as far 

 North as Renfrew ; rare on the Eastern side, where it occurs in 

 Kent, Surrey, Essex, and Yorkshire. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Stems numerous, very slender, interlacing, much branched. 

 Leaves bearing considerable resemblance to those of Ivy in minia- 



