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probably much more common in such situations tham 

 as a native plant.] 



Reseda odorata, L. A very common garden plant, 

 and frequent as an escape from cultivation. 



VIOLACE^. 



[Viola arvensis, Murr. Almost universally recorded 

 in Europe as a weed of cultivation, and very common 

 in Britain in this condition. It has been observed 

 growing naturally on the seashore in certain parts of 

 Britain and elsewhere in Northern Europe, and in these 

 natural habitats it may be native. In fact, in the absence 

 of geographical evidence to the contrary, it must be 

 allowed as being indigenous in these localities.] 



Viola cornuta, L. A native of Pyrenean pastures 

 which had been noticed as a garden escape in Britain. 



[Viola odorata, L. Mr. H. C. Watson doubted the 

 universality of this species as a native in England, and 

 stated that he had only seen it as such in Lincoln and 

 Surrey. It has doubtless established itself in numerous 

 situations in hedges, near cottages, and has come to 

 be considered as a wild plant there, but truly natural 

 habitats also abound in England, Scotland, and Wales. 

 In Ireland the authors of the Cybele Hibernica regard 

 all the stations as doubtful.] 



[Viola tricolor, L. Native on the seashores of our 

 southern counties, as it is also in Germany, Normandy, 



