36 viOLACE^. [ Viola 



as quite wild on a bank bordering a field at MountmeUick, 

 and informs us that it has been found growing on a road- 

 side hedge along the Cork road, about a mile from Clogheen, 

 Tipperary. 



3. V. hirta (Linn.) — Hairy Violet. 

 Districts l?---5 6^-----12? 

 Lat. 53°-54''. East of Ireland—? Dublin only. 

 T3rpe in Great Britain, English. 



Sandy pastures, banks, and bushy places ; very rare. Fl. 

 April. 



1. ? In a wood at Blarney, and near Evergreen ; Flor. 

 Corh ; but not seen in the county by Mr. Carroll or Mr. 

 Drummond. — 5. Sandy shore at Eaheny ! Wade Dvbl. 

 Plentiful on banks by the sea between Clontarf and Kilbar- 

 rock Church ! and on sand-hills and banks at Portmarnock ! 

 jf^for, Hib. East side of Howth ; Knockmaroon HiU, on the 

 road to the Stratvberry Banks ; and side of a glen in the 

 Phoenix Park; Ir.Flor. — 6.? On the Great Island of Arran, 

 in Galway Bay ; Mackay Ear, — 12. ? In a plantation at Fort 

 WUliam, on the side of the road from Forth Eiver to Black 

 Mountain, and in the graveyard near Shane's Castle ; Fhr. 

 Ulst. Suppl, (excluded by Dr, Dickie as probably not 

 indigenous). 



There is reason to fear that Viola odorata has been mistaken 

 for V. hirta- in Cork and Arran — ^perhaps also in Antrim. 



4. Viola sylvatica (Fries) — Dog-Violet. 

 V. canina (Linn.), Bentham, and Fhr, Hib. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland, 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Woods, banks, and pastures ; common. Fl. April, May. 



V. Rmhevhachiana (Bor.) has been found at Castle Taylor, 

 Galway, and at Powerscourt, Wicklow (it. G. M.), and in 

 Colin Glen, near Belfast ! {Mr. S. A. Stewart), but appears to 

 be less frequent in Ireland than V. Biviniana (Reich). 



Ranges from sea-level to 2500 feet on Slieve Donard 

 {Flor. Ulst.). 



