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seem to be a fair presumption of its comital generality. 

 This appears more frequently than most other agrestal 

 weeds on newly-disturbed ground in woods and coppices ; 

 chiefly, perhaps, where the soil is sandy. 



760. Veronica agrestis, Linn. 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 

 y^ij North limit in Orkney, Hebrides, Caithness. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 81. 

 Latitude 50 — 60. British type of distribution. 

 Agrarian region. Inferagraiian — Superagrarian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends to 100 yards, in East Highlands. 

 Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 46. 

 Native. Agrestal. Not extending to Shetland, accord- 

 ing to Edmondston's Flora. • ^"-^ ^. T^iUk /-c^^>^ I/- a^ 



761. Veronica polita, Fries. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 * 13 14 15 16. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Argyle, Forfar, ? 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 70. 

 Latitude 50 — 57. British (.'') type of distribution. 

 Agi-arian region. Inferagraiian — Midagraiian zones. 

 Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 

 Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 

 Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 47. 

 Native. Agrestal. This species was long deemed to be 

 a variety of V. agrestis, and consequently the distribution 



