18 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
sule f to 1^ 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-floicered Venus' Looking-glass. 
Sub- Genus III.— -WAHLENBERGIA. Sclirad. 
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 — C AMPANULA HEDERACEA. Linn. 
Plate DCCCLXXV. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et ITelv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MDCXVII. Figs. 3, 4. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 51. 
Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reich. D. C. Prod. Vol. VII. p. 42S. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. 
ed. v. p. 212. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 544. Fries, Sum. Veg. 
Scand. p. 11. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 421. Reich. JU. 1. c. 
Perennial. Rootstock 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. Flowers 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 calvx- 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- 
