378 KHINANTHACEAE 



Burghfield. Snelsmore, &c. Common on the heathy parts of 



this district. 

 5. Loddon. Wellington College, Penny. Binfield, Miss Palmer. 



Common about Park Place, Stanton. Common in the drier 



parts of Windsor Forest, and very frequent over the heathy 



parts of the district. 

 The flowers are sometimes pink in colour. 

 V. officinalis is found in all the bordering counties. 

 It may have been this species which was intended as 'Paule'sj 

 Betony ' in the MS. note in Lyte's Herball. 



V. Chamaedrys, Linn. Sp. PI. 13 (1753). Germander Speedwell, 



Wild Germander . 



Chamaedrys sylvestris, Gerard. 530. 

 Top. Bot. 290. Syme, E. B. vi. 164, t. 986. Nyman, 546. Fl. Oxf. 216. 

 Native. Septal. Hedge-banks, borders of woods, &c. Common and 



generally distributed. P. March-July. 

 First record. F. chamaedrys, Dr. Noehden, in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



Pale lilac and pink-flowered plants with pale lilac and pink flowers 

 have been noticed. The leaves and upper parts of the stem are often dis- 

 figured by the galls produced by Cecidom.ya Veronicae, as in Wytham, &c. 



V. Chafnaedrys is a common plant in all the bordering counties. 



V. montana, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 263 (1759). Mountain Speedwell. 



Top. Bot. 289. Syme, E. B. vi. 166, t. 987. Nyman, 546. Fl. Oxf. 217. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Shady woods. Local and not frequent. P. 



April-July. 

 First record. V. montana, Mountain madwort, Mr. Bicheno, Mavor's 



Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Cumnor, Boswell. Wytham Wood, Mrs. Westivood. 



2. Ock. Bagley Wood, Baxter in Walk. Fl. 



3. Pang. Pig's Lane, Tilehurst, Walk. Fl. Streatley, Pamplin. 



Unwell Wood. Basildon. Between Bradfield and Buckleburj'. 



4. Kennet. Included in Kussell's Neiubury Cat. Mortimer, Tufnail. 



Eiever Wood. 



5. Loddon. In Bisham Wood, and in most of the moist woods in 



the neighbourhood. Mill. Wargrave, Melvill. Pai'k Place, Stanton. 

 Ashley Hill. Bowsey Hill. Quarry Wood. 

 V. montana is recorded from all the bordering counties. 



V. scutellata, Linn. Sp. PI. 12 (1753'). Marsh Speedwell. 



Anagallis aquatica angustifolia scutellata, C. B. Pin. 252. 

 Top. Bot. 288. Syme, E. B. vi. 167, t. 988. Nyman, 546. Fl. Oxf. 217. 

 Native. Uliginal. Peaty and marshy places. Locally common, but 

 absent from considerable areas. P. June- August. 



