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2. V. odorata Linn. Sweet Violet. 



Sheltered hedge banks— not uncommon. FL March and April. Doubt- 

 fully native, but as Mr. Templeton attached no suspicion it is included here 

 as, at least, certainly naturalised for some 90 years. Roadside near gate 

 of Cranmore ; Templeton, 1797; and at same place; T.H.C., 1878. 

 Reported from many other localities in the three counties — as Castlereagh, 

 Dunmurry, Newforge, Lisbum, about Belfast in several places, Carrick- 

 fergus, Shane's Castle, Lignapeiste in Derry, etc. 



3. V, sylvatlca Fries. Wood Violet. 



"Woods, hedge banks, and other shady places — very common. Fl. April 

 — June. 



Var. a V. Reichenbachiana Bor. 



Not common, but occurs in Co. Antrim at Selshan shore, and in Colin 

 Glen, close to the entrance ; S.A.S. ; also by Lagan canal at the 5-mile 

 post, and between Crumlin and the waterfoot bridge ; T.H.C. 

 Var. /3 V. FLAVicoRNis Forster. 



A dwarf form with large flowers on the sandhills at Ballykinler near 

 Dundrum, Co. Down; S.A.S. This we believe to be the " V. flavicornis 

 Smith,'''' noted in Flor. TJlst. as occurring on sandhills at Newcastle. 



4. V. canina Linn. (V. flavicornis Smith). Dog Violet. 

 Wet boggy gravelly ground — rare. FL May and June. 



Down— SandhUls at Newcastle, and Ballykinler ; S.A.S. 



Antrim — Islands and lake shore south of Toome, also margin of the lake 



at Shane's Castle, Langford Lodge, and Selshan; S.A.S. 



Portrush sandhills, and sandy shore at Cushendall ; R.Ll.P. 



Shore of Lough Neagh ; T.H.C. 



5. V. lutea Sudson. 



Represented by the var. Ctirtisii, we have not seen satisfactory specimens 

 of the typical plant. 



Var. /3 V. Curtisii Forst. Sea Pansy. 

 Sandy shores— common. Fl. May — Oct. 

 Down — Links at Newcastle ; Flor. Ulst. Sandy shores all round the 



Down coast ; S.A.S. 

 Antrim — Portrush; C.C.B. Sandy and gravelly shore of Lough Neagh 

 at Antrim, and in another irdand locality near Irish Hill ; S.A.S. 

 Derry — Sandhills at the Bann foot ; S.A.S. 



6. V, tricolor Linn. Pansy. 



Sandy banks, and borders of fields— common. Fl. mid. May tiU mid. Aug. 



Var. /S V. ARVENSis Murr. 

 Common in sandy, cultivated fields. 



