62 i'ist oi Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto oljserved in Cyprus. 



Moraceae Endl. 



Ficiis carica L. Sp. jil. ed. 1, l(i59 (17o:5); liiiiss. Fl. orient. IV. 1154; Kotscliy, (.'ypeni, 218. 'iiuTa». 



The wild Ik (f. i/ennina Boiss. 1. c.) grows apparently spontaneous in ravines and rocky places 

 in the mountains, c. g. near the monastery of Makhaeras (JH 1119).— Generally cultivated in several 

 varieties. 



Urticaceae Ju.ss. 



Vrtica dioica L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 984 (17.53): Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1146; Kotschy, Cypern, 219. 

 Waste places and cultivated grounds, not frequent. Larnaka (UK), Tsada in the district of Paphos. 

 (JH 738). 



U. memhranacea I'oir. Pitt. IV, 638 (1797); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1147. 

 Famagusta, among ruins in the Turkish quarter (JH 431). 



IJ. ])iliilifi'rn L. Sp. pi. eil. I, 98.3 (175-!); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1147; Kotschy, Cypern 219. Tatx-itf^pa. 



Rocky places and waste grounds, common throughout the island. 



Parietariii officinalis L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 1052 (1753). 



suhsp. p. erecta Jlert. et Koch in Eiihl. Deutschl. FI. ed. 3, I, 825 (1823); Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXI, 194. 

 Waste places at Larnaka, according to Sintenis. 

 subsp. P. jndaica L. Sp. pi. ed. 2, 1492 (176 i); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1149. 



Old walls, fissures of rocks, common everywhere in lower regions. Larnaka (JH 250), Ktima 

 (JH 723). 



P. creiica I.. S|i. pi. ed. 1. 1052 (17.53); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1150; Kotschy. Cypern, 219: Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. 

 XXXI. 194. 



Fissures of rocks, on the northern side of the northern mountain-range (UK 443). T^arnaka (ac- 

 cording to Sintenis). 



Santalaceae R. Br. 



Osyris alha L. Sp. pi. ed. 1. 1(I22 (17.53): Boi.ss. Fl. orient. IV, 10.58; Kotschy. t'ypern, 227: Tlionips. Fl. Cypr. .338. 

 Shrubby places, about Limassol 1859 (Kotschy 985) and in the Kyi'enia Pass (Lascelles, teste 

 Thomps.). 



Thesiiim divarivaUnn .Ian in Mert. et Koch Iteutschl. Fl. II, 285 (1826); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1061; Kotschy, 

 (.'ypern, 226. 



In the pine-forest above Prodrome, rare (UK). 



Th. hiimile \;M. Syndi. liot. Ill, 43 (1794): Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1064; Sintenis in Ue. B. Z. XXXI, 259. 



Dry fields at Vatili, abundant (JH 315). Near Capo Pyla (SR). 



Aristolochiaceae Juss. 



Arisiolochia altissima Desf. Fl. Atlant. II, 324, tab. 249 (1800); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1075. .1. scnqianrcns 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 228 (sec. Boiss.) et prohab. etiam Thomps. PI. ('.ypr. 338; non L. 



From A. sempervirens L., a species only known from Crete, our plant is ditt'crent through its 

 ligneous stem, brown flowers and twice larger leaves. > 



Ravines and shady places, common in lower regions. In thickets and hedges it is often seen 

 climbing up to 4 or 5 m. above the ground. Phini (UK 736), Kalavaso (JH 605). 



