Vwla.] viOLACE^. 35 



not find any Helianthemum ; but H. canum or E. giOtatum are 

 as likely to occur in either of these localities as H. vulgare. 

 The "ja; vulgare" of Flor. Hib. is now well understood to 

 have been H, canum. 



ORDER Vin.— VIOLACE^. 

 VIOLA Linn. 



1. V. palustris (Linn.) — Marsh Violet. 



Districts 12-456789 10 11 12 



Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 



Type in Great Britain, British. ' ,'— . 



Bogs and marshes ; frequent. Fl. April, June. 



Chiefly in the mountainous districts, and more abundant 

 in the West and North of Ireland. 



Ranges from sea-level to 600 feet in Derry. 



2. t v. odorata (Linn.) — Sweet Violet. 



Districts 12345---- 10 -12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Perhaps native in the East of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Woods, hedges, banks, apd roadsides, usually near houses ; 

 rare, and a doubtful native. Fl. March, April. 



Occurs here and there in the Comities of Cork, Waterford, 

 Tipperary, Carlow," Wexford, Queen's County, Wicklow, 

 Dublin, Westmeath, Louth, King's County, Cavan, Armagh, 

 Down, Antrim, and Derry. Possibly native in some of the 

 eastern counties. Mr. Carroll considers it introduced in Cork, 

 but possibly native near Athy, Kildare ; and Mr. R. Mallet 

 describes it as growing on old hedge-banks for a distance of 

 several miles along the road between Castlecomer and Athy. 

 Mr. John Morrison, of Enniscorthy, finds Viola odorata, 

 with both white and blue flowers, on the roadsides near 

 Newtownbarry, Wexford; abundantly alqng roadsides in 

 Carlow ; and in various parts of the Queen's County, between 

 Carlow and Mountmellick, and considers it indigenous in 

 these localities. Miss S. Grubb also reports the sweet violet 



