36 VIOLACEA. [Viola. 
From sea-level, to 550 feet on the Reeks (Hart). 
First record in 1882: Hart, Proc. R.I.A. 
Like most weeds of cultivation, this proves to be rarer 
in Kerry than in most Irish counties. 
VY. Curtisii Forster. 
Districts — IJ. II. — V. — VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. On sandhills and sandy pastures near the sea. 
Common and locally abundant. Peren. April—September. 
First record in Cyb. 1866: Moore. 
This is a very characteristic and beautiful plant on the 
Kerry sandhills, and when in full flower often covers large 
areas of these sandy wastes with a sheet of colour. Both 
the yellow form and that with a combination of bluish 
violet and pale yellow occur in great abundance. 
POLYGALEZA. 
POLYGALA Linn. 
P. vulgaris Linn. Milkwort. 
Districts I. II. I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 
Native. Stony places, banks, rocks and sandhills. Common. 
Peren. May—September. 
From sea-level, to 2,400 feet on the south side of Carran- 
tuohill, Reeks—“ true P. vulgaris’ (Hart). 
First record in 1855: Joseph Woods, Phytol., p. 209. 
This plant appears to attain its greatest perfection in 
Kerry on limestone. On the bare calcareous rocks about 
Ross Island and in the Muckross demesne, Killarney, as 
well as in similar situations about Kenmare, it quite rivals 
P. grandiflora Bab. in the size and brilliant colouring of its 
flowers. 
Var. oxyprEerRa (Reichb.)—A common plant on most of 
the Kerry sandhills, but appears to be absent from, or over- 
looked in, District IX. 
P. serpyllacea Weihe. P. depressa Wend. 
Districts I. TI. I. IV. V. VI. VIL. VIE Ix. 
Native. Heaths, mountain pastures, bogs, &. Common. 
Peren. May—September. Calcifuge A. 
From sea-level, to 2,800 feet on the Reeks (Druce). 
First record in 1855 : Joseph Woods, Phytol., p. 209. 
Blue is the prevailing colour of the Milkworts in Kerry 
