FLOWERING PLANTS. 91 



S. nodosa, L. Knotted Figwort. 6 8. Frequent in damp 

 bushy places : Gawdy Hall Wood ; Alburgh ; marshes at 

 Wey bread and Shotford, etc. 



VERONICA, Tour. 



V. hederifolia, .L. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. 3 8. Common in 

 fields and by waysides. Popular name Winterweed. 



V. polita, Fr. Grey Procumbent Speedwell. 3 9. Frequent 

 in fields and waste places : Harleston Green Lane ; Reden- 

 hall Road ; London Road, Harleston ; St. Margaret's ; 

 Dickldburgh, etc. 



V. agrestis, L. Green Procumbent Speedwell. 3 9. Common 

 in fields and on banks : Harleston Bridge j Flixton, etc. 



*V. persica, Poir. (V. Buxbaumii, Ten.). Buxbaum's Speed- 

 well. 4 9. Abundant in cultivated fields. This strong 

 species, introduced into England in 1829, is rapidly exter- 

 minating V. polita and V. agrestis. 



fV. verna, L. Vernal Speedwell. 4, 5. Balking Hill, Harles- 

 ton (BG). The features of this locality are now altered 

 through cultivation and enclosure. 



V. arvensis, L. Wall Speedwell. 4 7. Common in pastures 

 and waste places. A very small form on Balking 

 Hill, F. 



V. serpyllifolia, L. Thyme-leaved Speedwell. 5 7. Frequent 

 in dry places and by roadsides : Shotford Heath ; Spur- 

 kett's Lane ; Flixton ; Homersfield Wood ; Dickleburgh. 



V. officinalis, L. Common Speedwell. 5 8. Frequent : 

 Gawdy Hall Great Wood \ near Weybread Mill : Mend- 

 ham ; Needham ; Flixton ; Brockdish ; Dickleburgh, etc. 



V. Chamaedrys, L. Germander Speedwell. 5 8. Common 

 on grassy banks and in woods. Popular name Bird's-eye. 



V. montana, L. Mountain Speedwell. 4 6. Rare : road- 

 side near Flixton Church and at St. Cross (EAH). Flix- 

 ton Woods, I. Earsham (T). 



V. scutellata, L. Marsh Speedwell. 6 8. ^ Not common : 

 marshy ground, Wingfield Common, D. Boggy Meadow, 

 St. Margaret's (EAH), F. 



V. Anagallis, L. Water Speedwell. 6 8. Frequent in marsh 

 ditches : Mendham ; Weybread ; Flixton ; Scole ; Dickie- 

 burgh, etc. 



