List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed in Cyprus. 



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Betiilaceae A. Br. 



Alniis orientalis r)eraisiii' in Ann. sc n:it. 2. sijr. IV. 848 (1835); liniss. I''l. urli^ut. IV, 1179; Kotschy, ('ypeni, 

 21'); I'list in Mem. Herb. Boiss, lii(ii), no. is. Km. .1. ohloiujnta Poech, Enuni. t'yjir. li' (1.S12); (iaudry, Reeherehes, lil7; 

 iKin W'illil. SXeSpo;, '^■/.Ir^Spn:. 



H. Winkler, the la.st monoiirapher of the genus, has (in En.i;!. PH leich, IV, 61. p. 113 — 114) 

 (listing-uished the followins;- three varieties: var. longi folia, var. Weisaii and \a,Y. pvuUfolid, the both lattcrs 

 of which are hitherto only known from Cypi'us. His var. longifolia is however, without doubt, also hero 

 tilt' most conmion varietv. 



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Fii;-. 14. Queirus almfolia Poech ('/i). 



Common along rivers and rivulets, in the ditferent parts of the island. Already seen by Sibthokp. 

 Yalia (JH 797). 



Corrhis Avellana L. 8p. pi. ed, 1, 998 (175.3); Boiss. Fl. orieiit. IV, ll((i. «l>t .to'jt37. 

 Mountain-foiests, rai'e. Near the mona.stery of Kykko (JH 100'.)). 



Note. The "Filherf-nut (C. maxima ffill. Gard. Diet. ed. 7. Xo. .3 (1759); C. tnhulosa Willd. Sp. pi. 1\'. 470 

 (1805); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV. 1176) is cultivated on a larg-e scale in several niountain-villag-es of the Pitziilia. Piuliiilily tlic 

 C. Avellana of Kotschy (t'ypern, 215), which is only indicated from gardens, is to he referred to this species. 



