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5. Isis. Charlbury, T. Westcombe. Binsey, H. Bos. Cornbury Park, 
South Leigh, Port Meadow, Eynsham, Radcot. 
6. Thame. Nuneham, H. Bos. Cowley! Newb. Albury, etc. 
7. Thames. Caversham, South Stoke, etc. 
V. Beccabunga, L. Brooktlime. 
Top. Bot. 289. Syme, E. B. vi. 169. 990. Nym. 546. 
Native. Paludal. Ditches, ponds, and wet places. Abundant in all 
the districts. P. May-Aug. 
First record, J. Bobart in Ray, 1696, V. aquatica rotundifolia, 
Beccabunga dicta minor, with white flowers by the side of Headington 
Hill near Oxford. Bobart describes Samolus under two names in Morison, 
one being sometimes referred to this plant in error. See Ray-Dillenius, 
1724, p. 283. The pink flowered plant is V. limosa, Lej. 
V. serpyllifolia, L. Smooth Speedwell. Paul's Betony. 
Top. Bot. 288. Syme, E. B. vi. 157. 978. Nym. 547. 
Native. Wet pastures, cultivated ground. Common. P. May-July. 
Occurs in all the districts. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
V. arvensis, D. Wall Speedwell. 
Top. Bot. 288. Syme, E. B. vi. 155.976. Nym. 547. 
Native. Glareal, agrestal. Wall-tops, cultivated ground, waysides, 
particularly on sandy soil. Common. A. May-July. Occurs in all the 
districts. 
First record, Plot, 1677, with white flowers. A white flowered form 
has been noticed at Chinnor, Stow Wood, etc. 
V. agrestis, LD. Green Speedwell. 
Top. Bot. 290. Syme, EH. B. vi. 151.972. Nym. 548. 
Native. Agrestal. Cultivated ground, waste places. Common and 
generally distributed. A. Feb.—Oct. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
Flowers wholly white between St. Clement’s and Iffley and near Little- 
more, 1824, Ba. Agrestis often occurs with arvensis on wall-tops. 
V. polita, Fr. Grey Speedwell, 
Top. Bot. 290. Syme, E. B. vi. 150. 971. Nym. 548. 
Native. Agrestal. Cultivated ground. Common. A. Jan.—Dec. 
First notice, unlocalised, Walker's Flora, 1834. First localised record, 
Rev. W. Newbould, 1861, Oxford. 
Var. grandiflora, Bab. 
With the preceding, as at Headington, Elsfield, Marston, Tackley, 
Littlemore, etc. 
