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liist of Spontaneous Vascular Plant», liitherto observed in Cyprus. 



A. intermedia Boiss, Fl. orient. I, 685 (1867) et Snppl. 114; Siutenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXI, 392. 

 On the mountain of Pentadaktylos (8R 236 !). 



. Kl. (iriciif. I, 685; Kotschv. 

 i3): Silith. et Smith, Prodr. 



A. tenuifolin Crantz. Inst. II. 4o7 (1766): Buis 

 CyiJeru, 345. Arcnaria teimifolia L. Sp. [il. eil. 1, 4ii4 (17 

 I, 305. 



subsp. A. riscosa Sidireb. Spicil. Fl. Lips. 30 (1771'). .4. tennifolia t riscosa 

 Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 686 (1867). 



Sandy places, common. Alethriko (JH 243). 



sulisp. A. Kotschyaiia uov. nom. A. Lydia p Kotschyana Boiss. Diagn. 

 plant, orient. Sér. 2, I, 86 (1853). A. subtilis Fenzl in Tcbiliatcb. As. min. Bot. I, 225 

 (1860). .4. knuifoUa ri snhtilis Boiss. Fl orient I. 687 (1867). 



Among sand and gravel, on moist places in tlie Ti'oodo.s-mountains 

 (SR 765!). Near the top of Chionistra (,JH 976). 



A. tbymitoUa Fenzl, Verlir. .A.lsiu. 57 (1833): Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 687. 

 Arenaria tkymitolia Silitli. et Smith. Prodr. Fl. (iraec. I, 305 (1806): Fl. (iraec. V, 29, 

 tab. 441. 



Sandy places on the sea-shore near Hag. Napa (JH 16). 



A. picia Fenzl, Verbr. Alsiu. 57 (1833); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 687; Kotschy, 

 Cypern, 345. Arenana picta Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. I, 304 (1806): Fl. Uraec. V, 28, 

 tab. 440. A. cerigncnsis Sibth. .lourn. in Walpole Mem I, 18 (nomen nudum). 



This beautiful plant, which was at first discovered by Sibthorp 

 on Cyprus, has appeared to have a wide occurrence in Syria and the 

 surrounding countries.' ) In Cyprus common on river-banks etc. up to 

 the subalpine region. Vatili (JH 320), Alethriko (JH 224), Kykkovuni 

 (JH 1024). 



Stellaria media (.'yrill. Ess. pi. ('har, conmi. 36 (1784): Boiss. Fl. orient. I. 

 707; Jlurbeok in Bot. notiser 1899. 197: Kotschy, Cypern. 346; Thomps. Fl. C'ypr. 278 : 

 Post in 3Iém. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 91. Alsiric media L. Sp. pi. ed. 1. 272 (1753). 



Waste places. Troodos, on roadsides near the Government Cot- 

 tage (JH 861). 



.subsp. S. Postii nov. sulisj]. — .S', media var. puhesccns Post. Fl. Syr. and 

 Palest., 154 (1896): nou 5. pnbescens Willd. 



Annua, caulibus elongatis (ad 50 cm. longis), teneris, adscendeu- 

 tibus vel diffusis, succulentis, inferne uuilateraliter, superne undique 

 dense et patule viscidulo-pubescentibus. Foliis iuferioribus late 

 ovatis, longe petiolatis, petiolis margine ciliatis, caeterum glabris; superi- 

 oribus ovato-cordatis, ses.silibus, subamplexicaulibus, supremis 

 undique dense et minute pubescentibus. Infloroscentia termiuali, 

 condensata, fere cymoso-umbellata, pedicellis valde inaequalibus, 

 ad 5 cm. longis, dense viscidulo-pubescentibus, post tlorationem 

 deflexis, demum ereetis. Sepalis late lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, dense pu- 

 berulis. Fetalis profundc bipartitis, calyce subaequantibus. Staminibus 10, 

 antheiis purpuraceis. Capsula late ovata, calyce tandem sesquilongiori, 

 ad 7 mm. longa. Stylis 3, ereetis, apice i-ecurvatis. Seminibus 1.0 — 1.3 mm. 

 latis, margine papillis conicis, elongatis. 



Fig. 17. 

 subsp. 



Stellaria media (L.) (.'yrill. 

 S. Postii nov. subsp. (Vi)- 



') In lioissiBu's Flora orieutalis, Suppl. p. 114 also indicated for Onadi Tin in the Aegypto-Arabian desert (leg. 

 ScHWEiNKiRTii), liut the Specimen from tliis locality in Herb. Boiss, is in fact Spergularia sp. ! However, .\scherson and Schwein- 

 FL-RTH (lUustr. Fl. Egypt, p. 47) mention a couple of other localities in the northern part of the Arabian desert. 



