54 List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto obseiTed in Cyprus. 



Iridaceae Lindl. 



Gladiolus scgetiim (iawl. in Bot. mag. tab. 7 lit (179.8); Buiss. Fl. orient. V. 1:59; Kotsohy. Cypern, 202. G. 

 coiiiiiiHiiifi Sibth. et Sra. Fl. (Traec. I. tali. 37 (1806); Poech, Euum. PI. Oypri. lO; non L. llaJxafiKO. 



A frequent weed in corn-fields. Was at iirst observed by Sibtiioep. Up to Prodromo (UK). 

 Mazoto (JH 187). 



G. tril>hylJu.'< Sibth. et Smith. I'rodr. Fl. lirarc 1. 2.t (ISOH): liniss. Fl. orient. V. Ul; Ivifschy. ( 'ypern. 2ii:!. 

 G. communis p lrq>Ju/tlus Silitli. et Sm. Fl. (.raec 1. 28, tali. 38 (1806). "G. fyichophi/UiOi" Sintenis in ( le. !!. Z. XXXII, 

 .•i98 (1882), lapsu ealami. 



Capsula obovata, obtuse tiig'ona, apicc leviter imprcssa, seminibus obovatis, paruni compressis, 

 basin versus angustissime alatis, ca. 2 mm. long-is. 



The capsule and seeds of this beautiful little species have not hitherto been described. 



Discovered by F. Bauer on the southern slopes of Troodos on the 30th of April 1787. Frequent 

 on dry hills with maquis, especially in the south-western part of the island, between Limassol and Paphos. 

 KoTscHY also has found it near Melandrina on the N. coast. -Capo Gatto (JH 671). 



Iri.s Sisyrinchiiim L. S]i. pi. ed. 1. 4ll (1753): Sibth. et Smith, Proilr. I, 28; Bois.-i. Fl. orient. V. 120; Pn,><t in 

 ilém. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 101. Gynavdriris Sisyrlndnum Parlat. Nov. gei'- -l^ (1854); Kotsehy, Cypern. 202; Thonips. 

 Fl. Cypr. 3.39. 



Dry places, common tiiroughout the island, already observed by Sibthokp. 



I. Soreiiiina L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 863 (1759); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 137; Kotsehy, (Jypern, 202. BoupBouXiaxc/. 

 At first recorded by Dietkich. Gardens at Prodromo (UK 688). —Probably appertains to the 

 same species a large, deflorated Iri», collected among shrubs on the rocks at Hag. Hilarion (JH S27). 



I. cypriana Foster et Baker ind Hard. Chron. II, 182 (18881: Baker Handb. Irid.. 37. 



Endemical on Cyprus, from where living specimens were sent to Kew by Mrs. Kenyon. According 

 to Baker nearly allied to 1. j^uJUchi Lam. 



Crocus Hartiuaunianus nov. sp. 



Cormo ovato-conieo, 1.5 — 18 mm. lato, tunicis coriaceo-membranaceis, parallele subreticulatim 

 douse fibrosis, supra lacvibus laciniatis, subtus in fibras rigidas solutis. Vaginis ca. 3, summa 

 fructu superante. Foliis 3—7, synanthiis, 1.3 — 1.8 mm. latis, glabris, sub authesin usque ad 23 cm. longis. 

 floribus superantibus; carina plana lata, canaliculis lateralibus angustis, sine costis. Spatha 

 basali nulla. Spatha florali diphylla, 4 — b cm. longa, fauce vix aequante. Perianthii fauce glabra, 

 aurea, segmentis late ellipticis, obtusis, ca. 30 mm. longis, pallide violaceis, externis dorso intense violaceo 

 varie ornatis. Antheris flavis, apice apiculatis, filamentis aureis glabris sesquilongioribus. Stylo profuude 

 trifido, stigmatibus antheris valde superantibus, apice di la tat is, lobulatis, intense pu nice is. Cap- 

 sula et seminibus ignotis. 



A beautiful species, appertaining to the group of Mvmhyanacel Herbci-t in the .•section of Xudifjuri 

 Herbert. Among the spring-flowering species with their stigma not divided in capillaceous branches only 

 C. aureus Sibth. et Sm. and C'. Korollcowii Maw et Eegel are mentioned by Boissier in Fl. orient., but 

 both these species have orange-coloured flowers. Our plant has greater resemblance with C. alatavicus 

 Regel et Semenow from Eastern Turkestan (se Maw, Monogr. Crocus, 231, tab. 45); that species is, how- 

 ever, very distinct through the characters of the stigmas, which are orange-coloured (not scarlet) and are 

 generally below the level of the summit of the anthers, through the ciliate leaves, etc. Among the Syrian 



