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List of vSpontaneons Vascular Plants, liitlierto ohserved in Cyprus. 



Fagaceae A. Br. 



Quercus lusitmiica Lam. Eucycl. Jlctli. I, 719 (1783); A. DC. Prudr. XVI, 2, 17; liui.ss. V\. (iricut. IV. ll(i(i. A?u; 



subsp. Q. infectoria Oliv. Voy. I, 2.52, tab. 14 et 15 (1804); Poecb, Euum. plant. Cypr. 12: q. lusitan. suli.sp. 

 oricntaiis A. DC. Prodr. XVI, 2, 18 (1861). Q. infectoria et Q.-inamis Kotsdiy, Cypern, 215—16 (1865). 



The characters distin- 

 guishing- Kotscht's Q. infec- 

 toria, Q. inermis and othei' re- 

 lated "species", of wliich he 

 lia.s described a considerable 

 number,— chiefly the shape and 

 pubescense of the leaves— seem 

 to vary so much even on the 

 same tree, that it is hardly pos- 

 sible without extensive investi- 

 gations and cultures to establish 

 a natural classification of this 

 group of forms. There cannot 

 be any doubt, that all these 

 forms are closely related to 

 each other, and it is therefore 

 better at our present stage of 

 knowledge, following the exam- 

 ple of Alph. de Candolle, to 

 unite them in one subspecies, 

 which has— according to the 

 present rules of botanical nomen- 

 clature—to bear the name of 

 Q. infectoria Oliv. 



Widely distiibutcd in 

 Cyprus in the lower and niiddler 

 regions of the island, generally 

 as isolated trees or small groups 

 of trees. Often reaching maje- 

 stetical dimen.sions. — Kantara 

 (JH 553), Pharmakas (Jli 1 130), 

 Agros (JH 1145), Kalopanagioti 

 (.IH 1001), Perapedi (JH 1158), 

 Omodos (JH 1155), Pano Pa- 

 nagia (JH 1051), Kurdaka (JH 

 744), Episkopi ( JH 703), Stavros 

 tis Psochas (JH 1039). 



subsp. Q. Veneris Kerner in 

 .laub. et Spacli. Q. Ffncffingeri var. qjji 



According to observations 



of this tree ripen in a single year 



Collected near Galata and 



. 15. (^itcrrus aliiifolid Pcjccli. Different Types uf Leaves ('/i). a. From Kakcipetria. 

 b anil c. Friim Prodrnmo. d. I'rom Jlakhaeras. 



C. K. Schneider, Handli. Lanbbolzk. I, 191 (19041. Q. ci/pria Kdtscliy in sclicd.. nun 

 ia K()tscby. Cypern, 216 (1865); non alibi. 



by Kehner and Schneider in the botan, garden at Vienna the fruits 

 instead of, as is the case with Q. infectoria, in two years. 

 Tris Eliaes by Kotschy. 



Note. (^. sessUiflora ,Sm. is indicated for the island by E. Hartmann (see Jlitteil. Deutscb. dendrol. ties 

 etc.), but lias not been oliserved by other Ijotanists. Its occurrence on the island needs to be verified. 



dls 



1905. 



