128 Botany. 



1173. V. serpyllifolia, L. 5 7, P. Damp places, waste and cultiv. 

 ground ; very common. 



1. Abundant by public footway through Hoi wood Park, 



'06. W.H.G. 



2. Dartford Heath, '04. C.H.G. 



1178. V. oflicinalis, L. 6 8, P. Dry banks and sandy heaths ; very 



common. 



1179. V. chamaedrys, L. (GERMANDER SPEEDWELL), 5 6, P. 



Hedgebanks and pastures ; very common indeed. Fls. 

 close at night, pollinated by drone flies ; pis. often disfigured 

 by galls of Cecidomyia veronicae. 



1180. V. montana, L 5 6, P. Moist woods and thickets ; freq. 



1. Roadside bank below Holwood Park, Keston, '03. 



W.H.G. 



2. Moist woods, Beckenham and Bromley, '97. Sc. 



3. Boarer's Wood, Abbey Wood, '04. R.H.C. 

 a. First record, 1774 : Charlton. 



1181. V. scutellata, L. 6 8, P. Boggy places ; rather rare. 



1. Shallow pond, often dry, W. side of Keston Common, 



'06. W.H.G. 



2. Coney Hill, Hayes, '04. F.M.R. 



3. Holwood, '93. Sc. 



a. Keston Mark, 1836 ; Dartford, 1850. 



1182. V. anagallis-aquatica, L. 6 8, P. Aquatic ; not common 



in the district. 



1. Marshes between Greenhithe and Northfleet, Jackson. 



2. Stream at Lullingstone. H. 



3. Cooling Marshes; between Farningham and Eyns- 



ford. M. 



4. Hayes Ford, '97. Sc. 



5. Tributary of Ravensbourne, near Southend, '03. 



W.H.G. 



Both the type and var. b.) anagalliformis, Bor., are freq, 

 in the Darenth in and about Eynsford, '06. W.H.G. 



1183. V. beccabunga, L. (BROOKLIME), 5 8, P. Water or mud ; 



very common. 



a. First record, 1629 : Erith. 



NOTE. Evergreen Veronicas, ch. from N. Zealand, are favourite 

 front garden shrubs. 



(316) EUPHRASIA, L. (EYEBRIGHT). Protogynous bee fls. 

 with dry pollen ; partial parasites on the roots of 

 grasses. 



