List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed in (.'yprus. 



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Ornitbogalum pyre- 

 nniciim L. Sp. pi. eil. 1, :306 

 (175:S); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, -213; 

 Kotschy, ('Ypern, Ulfi: Thumps, 

 l.'l. Cypr. H:W. 



Shady field.s. Vatili 

 and Piodromo (UK). Def- 

 tora (La.scki.les. teste 

 Tliomps.). 



O. narbonense L. 



Anidrn, acad. IV, 31:2 (1759); 

 I'xiiss, 1<'1. orient. V, 2t4; Sintenis 

 in ()('. B. Z. XXXI, 392. 



Fields and gardens 

 at Kythraea (aecordinfi- to 

 Sintenis). 



O. chionophiliim nov. 

 sp. — 0. bi-cvipciUceUatu)ii P.diss. 

 V\. orient. V, 21.5 (1888), p. p. 

 ((pioail plantam cypriam); non 

 ([uoad plantam ex Lycia et in 

 Bonry. Plant. Lye. exsico. no. 

 264 (1860). 



Bulbo anguste ova- 

 to, 2.5 -3..5 cm. longo et 

 l.fj— 2 cm. crasso, tunicis 

 inembranaceis griseis e 1 o n- 

 gatis, basin scapi et fo- 

 liorum amplectentibus. 

 Scapo 10—20 em. alto, 

 tenui, tlaccido, glabro. Foliis 

 2—3, late linearibus, 

 4—5 mm. latis, canalicula- 

 tis, flaccidis, g 1 a b r i s, scapo 

 valde superantibus. Racemo 

 teraiinali ovato, paucifloro 

 condensato, pedicellis 

 erectis, bractea brevi- 

 oribus, flore subaequi- 

 longis (iniimo interdum 

 bractea supei'ante, flore 

 usque ad duplo longiore). 

 Phyllis perigonii lineari- 

 oblongis, 10 — 12 mm. 

 longis et 3 — 4 mm. latis, 

 late viride fasciatis, ex- 

 terioribus apice retu- 

 sis mucronulatis, interi- 

 oribus obtusis. Filamentis 



Vegetation of Cj-pius — 7 



(h ntthiiydlmii chioriophilum nov. sp. (,'/]). 

 h. Interior Perianth-segment (ea. •'/i). 



ri. Exterior Periantli-segnient (ta. 

 c. Part of Leaf (ea. -'/i). 



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