44 VIOLACE^. IFiola. 



V. ReichenlacMana Boreau. 



V. syhestris Eeich. — V. syhatica Fries, in pmrt. 



Districts I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. XII. 



iat. 52°-54J°. From South to Nortli. 



Lowland. Woods and hedge-banks ; frequent. Fl. March- 

 April. 



I. Not infrequent in Kerry ; R. W. S. — IV. At Powerscourt, 

 Wicklow (More) : Cyl. Nuke wood near BaUyhack, Wexford : 

 B.-H.ij-M. iSgs. — V. Green HiUs, CrumHn ; at Enocksedan ; 

 Shankill, &c. ; not infrequent in Co. Dublin; N. C. — VI. At 

 Castle Taylor, Galway ; More. — VII. Knock Eoss by Lough Dere- 

 Taragh, Westmeath : Linton i8g6. — VIII. Ashf ord House demesne 

 near Cong : M.Sf 8. i8qb. — XII. In Antrim, by the shore of 

 Lough Weagh at Selshan, also in Colin glen, but not common in the 

 cotmty {Stewart) : Flor. N.-E. 



"^fiTY often confounded with V. Riviniana, and will no doubt be 

 found to occur throughout Ireland. 



5. V. canina Linn. — Bog Violet. 



Districts I. II. — IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 

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



Lowland. Sandhills and sandy pastures by the sea, also inland 

 on gravelly lake shores ; rather rai-e. Fl. April-June. 



I. By the Lower Lake, KiUamey; R.W.S. — 11. ISTear St. 

 Ann's, Blarney {R. Mills) : Rec. AM.— IN. On the Murrough of 

 Wicklow {Moore) : Cyl. — V. Sandhills at Portmamock and Port- 

 rane {Moore i^ More): Cyl. Abundant on the sandhills at Rush 

 and Portrane, 1894 ; N. C— VI. By the lake at Garryland, Galway 

 {More) : CyS.— VII. Boggy ground by the Shannon near Clonmac- 

 noise, King's Co. : B.^V. iSS-j.—^lJl. Shores of Loughs CuLIin 

 and Conn, Mayo, and— IX. Shores of Lough Carra, Mayo {More) : 

 Cyl.—l^. Devenish Island and elsewhere about Lough Erne, 

 frequent : Barrington 1884. Shores of, and islets in. Lough Neagh, 

 Co. Armagh {More): Cyb. — Xl. By the Termon river above 

 Pettigo : Sort 1886.— XII. Sandhills at Newcastle and BaUykinler, 

 Down; shore of Lough Ifeagh at Shane's Castle and Selshan, 

 Antrim {Stewart) ; Portrush sandhills and sandy shore at Cushen- 

 dall, Antrim {Praeger) : Flor. N.-E, 



