28 List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed in Cyprus. 



Selaginellaceae Metten. 



Selaginella denticulata Link. Fil. sp. hort. Berol. 1.59 (1841); Luerss. Farnpfl. 875; Boiss. Fl. or. V, 746; 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 176. Lycopodium detiticulatum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 1106 (17.5.3); Sibth. et Smith, Prortr. II. 271. 



Moist and shady rocks, walls of ditches, caves, etc. Very common in lower regions. Alethriko 

 (JH 238). Already observed by Sibthorp. 



Gymnospermae Lindley. 

 Gnetaceae Lindley. 



Ephedra fragilis Ppsf. K). Atl.iut. II, :i72 (1800); Boiss. Fl. orient. V. 714: Sfapf. Arten (ratt. Ephertr. 5'i: 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 214. 



snhsp. B. campylopoda (.'. A. Mey., Jlonogr. (iatt. Ephedr. 73 (1846); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 71.5: Thomps. Fl. 

 Cypr. 341; Post in Jléni. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 100. E. fragilis p campijlnpoda Stapf, 1. c. 56 (1889). 



Rocky places, common in lower regions. Hag. Napa (JH 60), Larnaka (.JH 115), Kalavaso (JH 608). 



Pinaceae Lindley. 



Cnpressiis semperr irens L. Sp. \A. ed. 1, 1002 (1753); Sibth. et Smith. Prodr. II. 248; Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 

 705. V. horizontalis Mill. Diet. n. 2 (1759); Kotschy. ("ypern, 213. Tamapijai. 



The wild cypress, witli horizontal branches, is an important forest-tree in Cyprus, characterizing 

 the slopes of the northern mountain-range from the Karpas to the neighbourhood of Lapithos. In other 

 parts of the island the wild cypress seems to be rare, and only in the neighbourhood of Hag. Neophytos' 

 monastery near Paphos I have seen it rather frequently. — Kantara ( JH 554). 



f. pyramidalis Xyman, Consp. 675 (1881). C. pyramidnlis Targ-.-Tozzetti. Observ. hot. Ill— V. 53 (1808—10). 



('ultivated everywhere in gardens and cemeteries. Spontaneous very rarely; isolated trees have 

 been found in the midst of the cypress-forests at Kantara monastery (JH), and at Hag. Nikolaos and 

 Trypimeni north of Lefkoniko (according to the kind communication of Mr. G. Vassiliou). Limassol, 

 planted (Michaelides !). 



Jnniperiis Oxycedrus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 1038 (1753); Aschers. et Graebu. Syu. I, 247. 



sulisp. /. riifescens Link in Flora 579 (1846); Kotschy, Cypern, 212. J. Oxycedrus Boiss. Fl. orient. V 707 

 (1884). 'Aoparo;. 



Mountain forests on Troodos, in several places. Prodromo (JH 881). 



J. foetidissima Willd. Sp. pi. IV, 853 (1805); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 709; Kotschy, Cypern, 213. TatTCotpiaai 

 Tou Tpo)o6ou. 



Common in the subalpine region of the Troodos-mountains, up to the summit of Chionistra, ca. 

 1950 m. above the sea. Troodos (JH 1077). Paputsa (JH 1141). Chionistra (JH 995). 



a. phoenicea L. Sj). pi, ed. 1, 1040 (1753): (iaudry, Reeherches, 191 et 197; Boiss. Fl. orient. V. 710: Kotschy. 

 r'ypern, 213. 



Very frequent in the lower regions of the island, constituting extensive tliickets between Ormidia 

 and Capo Greco, in the Karpas, and elsewhere. Capo Greco (JH 421). 



Pinus Pinea L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 1000 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 694. neixo? -ri'TtEpo;. 

 Cones 9 -13 cm. long, 7.5- 9 cm. broad. 



On the southern slopes of the Troodos-mountains, at Kato-Platraes (Baker!), Moniatis (.JH 1157), 

 and elsewhere. Rare. 



