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V.'agrestis (L.) — E.B.S. 2603. — Fields and waste places. — D- 
and C- Common. A white-flowered var. is not uncommon about 
Falmouth: Polytech. }S66. Procumbent Speedwell. Green Field 
Speedwell. 
V. polita (Fries). — E.B. 783. — Fields and waste places. — D. 
Not noticed in Fl. Dev. Frequent about Plymouth !, e.g. Towns- 
end hill (1851). (Most likely now extinct in this habitat.) Efford 
(1861); Tothill, in fields (1861); Efford; Saltram (1863). Tavi- 
stock. Plentiful about Barnstaple and Ilfracombe : Rav. Teign- 
mouth : Jord. Warberry hill ; walks at Meadfoot, &c. : Tor. Fl. 
About Totnes : Fl. Tot. A large-flowered variety (sometimes called 
p. grandiflora), at Marychurch : Bav. — C- Saltash (1866); between 
Cremyll and Maker church (1866). Falmouth, ** not common : " 
Polytech. 1856. Polperro : Couch, who remarks that this and 
V. agrestis are usually found growing together, and are common 
as weeds in gardens. The same thing occurs about Plymouth. I 
have been sometimes puzzled to distinguish them. Gray Field 
Speedwell. 
* V, Buxbaumii {Ten.)— E.B.S. 2769.— Fields, most frequently 
cultivated fields and their borders especially. — J). Not noticed in 
Fl. Dev., perhaps because scarcely introduced at the date of that 
book (1829). In 1844 it was very rare about Plymouth !, only one 
or two stations being then known for it ; but now there are very 
few cultivated fields without it. Mutley (1845) : Weston mills; 
Lipson ; near Compton ; Egg-buckland ; fields near Stoke church- 
yard, Devonport ; near Crabtree (1861) ; nearLeigham mills (1861.) 
Northam : Maw in Phytol. 1853, p. 793. Torquay : Park, in Bav. 
Exeter, plentiful : Par/. — C- Weed in a garden at Wear, near 
Millbrook (1849); on Ninny farm, same neighbourhood; fields 
near Torpoint ; Saltash ; between Cawsand and Rame ; Looe. 
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