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V. triphylla, Linn. Trijid Speedioell. 
Native {?). Sandy fields. April. May. 
II. Sandy fields, not rare. Fart., i, 53. “a plant of local Eastern type, 
found as a cornfield weed.” R. S. E. 1871. I have never heard 
of this plant being found in the Alcester district since Purton’s 
time, it is a most unlikely plant to occur other than as a casual 
inti*oduction. Mr. Newbould informs me that Mr. Crotch stated 
that the specimen in Purton’s Herbarium (Worcester) is a 
form of V. hederifolia. 
V. arvensis, Linn. Wall Speedioell. 
Native: On banks, wall tops, fields, waysides, etc. Common. 
March to October. Area general. 
V. serpyllifolia , Linn. Perennial Smooth Speedwell. 
Native: In pastures, and on banks, waysides, etc. April to July. 
Area general. 
V. oflB.cinalis, Linn. Common Speedwell. 
Native: In woods, on heaths, waysides and banks. Common. 
May to July. 
I. Middleton Heath; New Park; Stone Quarries, Hartshill; Marston 
Green; lanes about Solihull; Hockley; Earlswood. 
II. Near Dumington, Coughtou, Part., i., 51; Greens Grove, near 
Hatton, Perry. FI. ; Honington, Newh.; Rowington; Alveston 
pastures; Lapworth. 
Purton considered this plant rare, I have seen it in several places 
in the Alcester district. 
V. Chamaedrys, Linn. Germander Speedwell. 
Native: On hedge banks, waysides, &c. Common. April to June. 
Area general. 
With lavender-coloured flowers, near Berkswell. 
V. montana, Linn. Mountain Speedwell. 
Native : In woods and on shady banks. Local. May, June. 
I. Sutton Park. Freeman, Phyt., i., 261 ; Road from Saltley to 
Stechford, Ick. Anal.; Trickley Coppice ; Middleton Park; New 
Park; Shustoke, near Maxtoke ; Harding’s Wood, Maxtoke ; 
Kinwalsey; Arley Wood. 
II. Woods at Beausale, near Wedgenock Park. Dree, Mag. Nat. Hist., 
iii., 163 ; Hatton Y. and B. ; Haywoods; lanes about Bad- 
desley Clinton ; Combe Woods ; Seas Wood, Arbury. 
V. scutellata, Linn. Marsh Speedwell. 
Native: In bogs and marshes and near pools. Rare. July, August. 
I. Ditches about Tam worth. ed. 3. Coleshill Bog! Purt., i., 
53; Coleshill heath! Dree, Mag. Nat. Hist., iii., 163; margin of 
Canal, Atherstone, Blox., MS. note. Sutton Park; Forge 
Mills; Coleshill Pool; Olton Reservoir. 
II. Shelfield, Part., i., 53; in a field beyond Swan meadow, footway 
to Hampton-on-the-Hill, Perry, FI. ; Windmill field, Haseley, 
Perry, FI. ; Alveston pastures, W. G., Herb. Perry ; Lye Green ! 
Y. and D. ; fields beyond Barby, near disused mill, E. S. R., 
1877; var. puhescens, Corley Moor, Kirk., Herb. Perry. 
