Viola.} VIOLACEiE. 43 



tut nowhere abundant or indigenous ; JV. C. Near Athy, Kildare, 

 possibly native {Carroll): Cyh. Common on hedge-banks about 

 Kilkea, Kildare, with both white and blue flowers {J. Douglas) : 

 Rec. Add. Abundant and apparently native in south-west 

 Kildare, 1890; E. W.S.—Yl. Plentiful on gravelly ground by 

 roadsides between Sixmilebridge and Newcastle, Co. Clare : 

 Stewart, i8go. — ^VII. "Wood near the old mill, Knock Drin, "West- 

 meath, well established: Levinge iSg^. Eoadside banks near 

 Dromineer, Tipperary, 1896; K C. — X. Grange; Loughgall; 

 Tyross Hill, &c., Armagh {Eev. W. F. Johnston) : Praeger i8g^. — 

 XII. Not uncommon in Antrim, Down, and Derry, but doubtfully 

 native : Flor. N.-E. 



3. V. hirta Lirm. — Sairy Violet. 



Districts — — — IV. V. YI. — — — — — — 



Lat. 52^°-53J°. Middle Ireland. Type, English-Germanic. 



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

 April-May. Calcieole C. 



rV. On dry, gravelly banks a mile below Clohamon, "Wexford, 

 on the left bank of the Slaaey: Sort 188 1 a. — ^V. In hiUy and 

 bushy pastures in a sandy soil near the shore at Eaheny : Wade 

 DM. In the Phoenix Park ; on Knockmaroon Hill on the road to 

 Lucan, 1799; among the sand-hills at Baldoyle: Templeton MS, 

 Still abundant at the Baldoyle (Portmamock) sand-hills, 1895 ; 

 i^. C. East side of Howth : Jr. Flor. 1833, and Flor. JBowth 1887. 

 On the Cosh, Sutton, 1873 ; Greenwood Pirn. Sand-hills at 

 Portrane opposite Malahide {More) : Rec. Add. Abundant in many 

 parts of the Portrane peninsula, 1894-95; N.C. VI. On the 

 largest South island of Aran [Aranmore] in the crevices of Kmestone 

 rocks: Mack. Ra/r. 1806. Abundant in Aranmore island and in 

 Inisheer, 1892; iV. C. Plentiful on limestone rocks at Askeaton, 

 and in quarries south-east of Foynes, Co. Limerick : Stewart i8go. 



4. V. Riviniana Eeichb. — Wood Violet. 



V. syhatica Eries, in pa/rt. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. Xn. 

 Lat. 51i°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Hedge-banks, woods, and mountain pastures; common. F^. 

 April-May. 



Sea- level in N. Antrim and S. Cork. To 2000 ft. in Donegal, to 

 2796 ft. ia Down, and to 3200 ft. in Kerry {Ea/rt). 



