Historical Il(_'vrlii|iiiiciil (if mir Kudwledne (Hi llic ('.v|iri;ui l-'lnra. 



15 



Hyacinthiis 



1769. (O. 295). 



sp. Mentioned first time liy Maiuti in 



Hoscyaiuus aureus L. and H. nigt-r 1,. are nicn- 

 tioned liy Sestini 17H7. who found them hetwecn Faniaa'Hsta 

 and Larnaka in 1782. (('. I. 289). :\Iost probably his "H. 

 niger" is the real JT. albus h. 



'Juglans regUt L. .Mentioned 175-1 liy A. Drummond. 

 (C. L 213). 



Juniperus phoenicea L. In 1745 Pococke speaks of 

 a species of juniper, conuncm on the island and called by (ky- 

 priots "Avorados". (('. 1. 138). According to Gennadius (Hints, 

 |i. 32) 'Aoparo; is the native name of both J. phoenicea and 

 J. rufescens, but the statements as to the oi-cnrrcnce (if the 

 shrub leaves no doubt, tliat the first species is iindcrstdiHl. 



*Lactuca satira L. was known to yrow on ( yprns, in 

 excellent varieties, already in ancient age. III. 29:>: K. 62). 



Lauriis nohilis L. is mentioned as occiirrinL; on the 

 island by various ancient authors. IE. Bl : I). 263). 



'Lawsonia alba Lam. Much has been written liy an- 

 cient and modern scribents on the famous henna-shrub lane. 

 (ireek: Kuzps;). wliich has apparently been cultivated on the 

 island already at a very early epoch (JI. fl6; 0. 90 and 267). 

 There seems to be no reason to believe, that it has any time 

 been really spontaneaus on the island, and Oberuummer (0. 92) 

 will not accept the connuon theory, derivating- the name of the 

 island from thi.s shrub. 



Leontiee Leotitopetaliim L. ^Mentioned by Sestini, 

 who saw this plant between Larnaka and Fama.gusta in l''clirunry, 

 1782. (See C. I, 289). 



*Linum uaiiatissimum L 



authors. (E. 63: (). 289). 



,\lready jiraiscil liy ancient 



* Liquidainbar styraciilua L. .Mcntidued first time by 

 E. Pococke in 1745. (('. 1, 130: UK. 414: (). 263). 



Lycium eiiropaeam L. Mentioned first time by Sestini 

 in 1787. I See ( '. I, 289). 



Mandragora officinariim L. Mentiinicd \\y Sestini 

 1787. (See (". 1. 28H). 



"Melia Axedarach 



0. I. 289). 



Mcnti 1 liv Sestini 1787 



'Mentha |cfr. piperita L.|. Mentioned as lultivatcil liy 

 Elias from Pesnro in 156'i. III. 30 and 292). 



'Morus all>a 



certain, whether tlo 



was known by the ancient authdrs. III. 298) 



Mentiiined by Mahiti 11769): it is not 

 urrence of the niullicrry-trce in I 'yimis 



*Musa paradisiaca L. Barthol. de Salionac, whose 

 itinerary was published in 1587. is the first author speaking 

 of banans on Cyiirns. (I). .302). 



Myrtiis communis 1,. Varions ancient anthers have 

 recorded the dccun-cncc dl the myrtlc-shruli on I 'yjirus, partly 

 in connexion with the Aphrdililc-cnll al I'iijiIkis. II). 263). 



Narcissus Tazetta L. Mariti i 1769) sjieaks of wild 

 narcissusses. growin>r on the niduiilains. (O. '295). 



Olea europaea L. 'I'lie I'yprian dlives are mentioned 

 by Homerus and dther ancient authdrs: especially famous were 

 the olives from Taiilids. ( E. 62: II. .309). 



*Opuntia Ficus indica IL), .Mill. .Mi'iilidoed by Se- 

 stini in 1787. (See ('. 1, 289). 



'Origanum Majorana L. is uienli(inc(l in 1563 as an 

 article on the market ;il l-'aniaiiusta by V.t.ws tpini resaro. 

 III. 31) iind 2921. 



O. syriacum L. Tbc oil df the wild Of/.i/cjoion, so com- 

 mon on the mountains df ( ypnis. was extracted and used for 

 medicinal purposes already al the time of Dioscorides (M. 95; 

 E. 66; 0. 268). .\s shdwn in the systematical part of the 

 present work the species in nuestion is 0. eyriacum L. and 

 not, as indicateil by Odeiuuiimmer (in Kiitscmy'.s nilfhority. (). 

 Majorana L. 



Paliurus australis liaertn. Was seen in 1573 by L. 

 Rauwolf, whose itinei'ary (Beschr. d. Haisz in die Morgenlitn- 

 der, p. 20) was published in 1583. 



"Panicutn miliaccutn L. Reinhard (1768) says, that 



the cultivation of this species on Cyprus coiiimenced in 1568, 



three years before the Turkish conquest, ((iesch. Kiinigr. 

 Cyp. II, 110). 



'Petroselinum sativum lloffm. .Mentidiied ti)-st time 

 by Elias from I'esaro in 1563. (II. 311 and 292). 



'Phaseolus communis L. As the foregoing species. 



'Phoenix dactylifera Fj. Its 



alreadv recorded bv Theophrast. IM. 



currence on Cyprus is 

 7: E. 63: (). .303). 



'Pisum sativum L. .Mentioned by Elias from Pesaro 

 in 1.563. ((). 30 and 292). 



Pinus [cfr. halepensis Mill.]. Theophrast speaks of 

 pine-timber from Cyprus, used for construction of ships. (Ji. 

 97; E. 62; 0.254). It seems most probable, that the greatest 

 part of the timber has been yielded by P. halepensis. which has 

 the widest occurrence on the island and is more easily acces- 

 sible fnim the coasts than any other species of Pinits growing 

 on Cypi'us. When speaking of Cyprus Theophrast makes use 

 df twd different names for fir-wood, viz. Tzz\)x-r\ and itfTu;, hut 

 it is bai'dly possible identifying both these trees with different 

 botanical .specie.s. (Cfr. Oberhummer, 1. c). Enoel has trans- 

 lated the terms used by Theophrast into ''Piclite", not knowing, 

 that the genus of Picea does not belong to the Hora of Cyprus. 

 (E. 62). 



'Pirus Mains L. and 'P. communis L. are recorded 

 in 1563 by Eltas from Pesaro in liis often quoted letter. He 

 writes, that ajjples are rare at Eamagiista and of bad quality, 



