List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto observer! in (^'yjirns. 



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Dry fields between Larnaka and Atliienu 

 (KoT«cHY 1859, no. 412!) as well as at Famagusta 

 (UK 93 a). 



Hyacintbus rotnanu.s L. .Mant. II. 224 (1771): 

 Sibtli. et Smith, Prortr. I, 2^7; Fl. (iraer. IV, ;i:i, tali. :j4(); 

 Baker in Jouru. Linn. Soc. XI, 4.S1. Bellcralia romana Rchh. 

 Fl. (ierm. exc. IO.t (18.30); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 301; Kotscliy, 

 ('ypern. IHB. 



Fields. Already mentioned by Sibthuki'. 

 Avijora and Makhaeras (UK). 



H. trifoliatiis Ton. Fl. Xaj]. IIL ;!76. tali. IHH 

 (1S24-2H); liakt-r in .Iniini. Linn. Sui-. XI. 4:!1. Bclleralia fri- 

 folinfa Knnth Ennni. PI. TV, :iil8 (1843): Hoiss. Fl. orifiit. \'. 

 :{oa; Kotsih.v, Cypern, 198. 



Cultivated fields. Discovered in Cyprus by 

 Lefevre, and also collected by Sintenis and Kigo 

 at Kvthraea (SR 17.3!). 



H. nivaJis I'.aki'r in .limrii. Linn. Sm-. XI. 4.'i(l (18701. 

 Belkvalia nivalis Boiss, et Kotschy, Diagn. PI. Orient. Ser. 2, 

 IV, no (1859): Boi.ss. Fl. orient. V, 304; Kotschy, Cypern. 194; 

 Post in Jléni. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 102. 



In the mountains, near the melting snow. 

 Chiouistra (Kotschy Suppl. 411!); above Kythraea 

 (SR 174!). 



H. Pieridis nov. sp. ex sect. Bellevalia. 



Bulbo ovate, 3 em. longo et 2 cm. crasso, 

 tunicis flrmis brunneis. Foliis 2 — 4 anguste line- 

 aribus, ad 27 cm. longis, scapum duplo superantibus, 

 ca. 5 mm. lat is, longe attenuatis, margine breviter 

 cihatis. Scapo tereto, 10 — 12 em. alto, supra roseo. 

 Racemo oblougo, den.siusculo, paucifloro (floribus 

 4 — 9). Bracteis ovatis, minutis. Pedicellis erecto- 

 patulis, brevissimis, ad 1 mm. longis, vel flo- 

 ribus sessilibus. Perigonio campanulato, 7 — s 

 mm. longo et ca. 4 mm. lato, laciniis tube duplo 

 brevioribus, triangulari-ovatis, in apicem miuu- 

 tam obtusam contractis. Filamentis perigonio 

 aequantibus, anguste triangularibus, apice attenuatis, 

 albis, antherå coerulea fere duplo longioribus. Capsula 

 matura ignota. 



Closely related with the foregoing- species, 

 from which it is chiefly different through the following 

 chai'aeters : 



Fig. 11. Hyacinthus Pieridis nov. sp. ('/|). 

 a. Perianth-segments C'/i). h. Part of Leaf ("li). 



