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VIOLACE,£. l Viola, 



petals with a hairy line ; scions creeping. Br. Fl. 1. p. 105. E. 

 Fl.v. i. p. 301. E. Bot. t. 619. 



Woods, banks, and hedges. Hedge banks between Killiney Hill 

 and Bray ; also near Finglass. Farnham woods, Millbrook, and Old- 

 castle, County of Cavan ; Rev. N. J. Halpin. Fl. March, April. 

 %. — Flowers deep purple, fragrant, often white ; which last colour is 

 the prevailing one in the plants I have seen near Dublin. A third 

 variety has the flowers of a lilac colour. All the varieties are much 

 cultivated in gardens, both in the single and double state, and are 

 much esteemed in spring for their fragrant flowers. 



3. V. palustris, Linn. Marsh Violet. Leaves cordate or kid- 

 ney-shaped, quite glabrous, veiny beneath; spur very short; 

 lateral petals scarcely hairy; scions none. Br. Fl. I. p. 106. 

 E. Fl. v. 1. p. 303. E. Bot. t. 444. 



Mossy bogs and marshy grounds. In Glencree, and near Powers- 

 court Waterfall, and other places in the counties of Dublin and Wick- 

 low. It is also very common in rather elevated marshes in the south 

 of Ireland, as stated by Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. June, and even in 

 July, in the colder regions %. — Flowers very pale blue, with purple 

 sheaths. " The petals are slightly hairy on one side at the base, as 

 Mr. Wm. Wilson well observes ; the lateral ones not having a distinct 

 line of hairs." Hooker. 



* * Furnished with an evident Stem. 



4. V. canina, Linn. Dog's Violet. Stem at length ascend- 

 ing, channelled ; leaves cordate, acute ; leaflets of the calyx acu- 

 minate ; stipules long, fringed ; bracteas subulate, entire. Br. 

 Fl. p. 106. E. Fl. v. 1. p. 303. E. Bot. t. 620. 



/3. minor. V. jlavicornis, Sm. E. Fl. v. 1. p. 304. Forst. in 

 E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2736. 



Woods, banks, and dry pastures, frequent, and in clefts of rocks at 

 a considerable elevation. Fl. April — Aug. II. — Variable in regard to 

 size. In mountainous situations the blossoms are often numerous, and 

 large in proportion to the size of the plant. Flowers scentless, blue, 

 purple, or sometimes almost white. (3. smaller in all its parts, having a 

 short, blunt, yellowish spur, and short, firm, rigid, very even heart-shaped 

 leaves, and by the deeper colour of the corolla. I, however, perfectly 

 agree with Dr. Hooker in considering it only a variety of V. canina. 



5. V. lactea, Sm. Cream-coloured Violet. Stem ascending ; 

 leaves ovato-lanceolate, glabrous; stipules dentate; calyx-leaflets 

 acuminate. Br. Fl. I. p. 106. E. Fl. v. \.p. 303. E. Bot.t. 

 445. 



On mountains and boggy heaths. Mountains near Castletown ; Mr. 

 J. Drummond. Fl. May. %.. — A small plant with narrower leaves 

 than the last, almost lanceolate, and pale blue or almost white flowers. 

 An intermediate plant between this species and V. canina, with light 

 coloured flowers, was found by Doctor Taylor on Brandon moun- 

 tain. 



6. V. tricolor, Linn. Pansy Violet or Heart's Ease. Mostly 



