CONTENTS. 



Pago 



I'reface jjj 



( 'iintents y 



I. Sketch of the Physical Nature iit' Cyprus , 1 



A. Cxeno-raphical .Situation. Area 1 



B. Topograijhy 1 



a. Coast 1 



b. 3Iountains 2 



c. Plains 3 



(1. Hydrography 3 



C. Geology 5 



a. The Solid Eock 5 



h. The Most Important ^'arieties of Soil 8 



D. Climate 9 



II. Historical Development of our Knowledge on the Cyprian Flora 13 



List of Cyprian Plants mentioned by Authors before 1787 13 



ill. The Author's Excursions in the Island 21 



IV. List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants hitherto observed in f'yprus 24 



Pteridophyta 25 



(xyumospermae 28 



Angiospermae 30 



Monocotyledones 30 



Dicotyledones 58 



V. Contributions to the Fossil Quarternary Flora of ('yjirus 196 



VI. List of Cyprian Topcgraiihical Xames. derivated from Plant-Names 202 



VII. Remarks on the most Important Plant-Societies of the Island 205 



A. Hydrophile Plant-Societie.s 205 



1 . Aquatic Plant-Societies 205 



2. Societies of Paludal Plants 207 



a. Sandy and Muddy Marshes 208 



b. Societies of Eeedy Plants 211 



c. Wet Meadows 212 



d. The Vegetation of Springs and Fountains 213 



e. Societies of Paludal Shrubs and Trees 217 



B. Mesophile Plant-Societies 220 



1 . Plant-Societies in Cultivated Ground 221 



a. The Vegetation of Cultivated Fields 221 



b. The Ruderate Vegetation 229 



c. The Vegetation of Gardens and Artificial Plantations 232 



2. The Vegetation of Shady Ravines 245 



3. The Mountain Fields 249 



