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9. *V. peregrina (Linn.) — Wandering Speedwell. 

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Cultivated and waste ground, orchards, gardens, &c. ; rare. 

 Fl. May, June. 



Naturalized and increasing in cultivated land. This 

 plant was first noticed in 1836, growing abundantly within 

 the demesne of Bamescourt, near Strabane, and has since 

 appeared in several localities between that place and London- 

 derry; it has also been observed in the neighbourhood of 

 Belfast by the Eev. W. M. Hind. 



10. V. agrestis (Linn.) — Green Field Speedwell. 

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 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughouir Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Cultivated land, hedge-banks, &c. ; common. Fl. April 

 to September. 



Far scarcer than V. polita, and apparently rare near Cork ; 

 /. C. 



11 v. polita (Fries) — Gray Field Speedwell. 



V. agrestis var., Brit. Flor. and Bentham. 



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Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Cultivated ground and road-sides ; common. Fl. April to 

 September. 



12. *V. Buxlbaumii (Ten.) — Persian Speedwell. 

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Cultivated land, broken ground, and waste places ; recently 

 introduced, and now become a weed in many parts of the 

 country. Fl. March to September. 



Reaches in the west to Castle Taylor, Galway ; A. G. M. 

 And the cliffs of BaUybunnion, at the mouth of the Shannon ; 

 Prof. Harvey. A weed in the garden at Loughgall Manor, 

 Armagh ; A. G. M. In Derry, Antrim, and Down ; Fhr. 

 Ulst. Common about Cork ; /. G. Dublin ; D. M.; and in 

 many intermediate localities. 



