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Specimen #288842

Taxon:	Scrophulariaceae: Veronica scutellata L. ("Marsh Speedwell")
Filed in taxon folder:	Scrophulariaceae: Veronica scutellata L. ("Marsh Speedwell")
Collected by:	Gertrude Ley
Collection date:	4/7/1867
Locality:	Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, Kington, SO35, Moseley Meer
ex herb:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by hallucigenia on 9^th February 2010.

Edit history

date	user	change
09/02/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted locality: GB AMBIGUOUS Kington, Mosely Meer
09/02/2010	hallucigenia	Added locality: GB VC36 Kington, Moseley Meer
09/02/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted collector: Rev. Augustin Ley
09/02/2010	hallucigenia	Added collector: Gertrude Ley

Specimen #288879

Taxon:	Scrophulariaceae: Veronica scutellata L. ("Marsh Speedwell")
Filed in taxon folder:	Scrophulariaceae: Veronica scutellata L. ("Marsh Speedwell")
Collected by:	Gertrude Ley
Collection date:	9/1878
Locality:	Ireland, VCH1 South Kerry, Conna, Between Conna and Bally duff
ex herb:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits

Documented by hallucigenia on 9^th February 2010.

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date	user	change
09/02/2010	hallucigenia	Added attribute flowerField: fruiting

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hallucigenia wrote

Ambiguous locality, no records for the forth, one for the fifth from Knighton Radnorshire, which seems to far to travel. cannot locate Mosely Meer, could be Mosley/ Moseley Mere? VC 37/38?

[David Price]

These specimens were collected by Gertrude Ley, Augustin's stepmother.

Moseley Common is an area of marshland east of Kington, Herefordshire; see http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002361.pdf

In September 1878 Mrs Ley was in Killarney so Ballyduff is in vc H 1, South Kerry.

[Tom Humphrey]

Based on Ley's other collections I think it's probably a reference to Kington, Herefordshire. I can't find a reference to Moseley Meer, but perhaps it's significant that Meer Farm and Moseley Farm are in close proximity near Kington.


OS Grid reference SO292535

[Tom Humphrey]

David's suggestion is much more credible than mine,


OS Grid reference SO376579

[hallucigenia]

Thanks to you both, I have "corrected" Leys spelling from Mosely to Moseley.
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