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snbsp. S. decumbens Bivona, Cent. Sic. PI. I, 7.5 (1806-07). S. colnmta p decmnhens Rohrh. llonuyr. Silene, 115 

 (1868). "S', hipartita ^ eriocaulon Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 597 (1867). 



ISaiidy places alont;- the coast. Hag. Napa (JH 5), Salamis (JH 436). 



subsp. S. Oliveriiiua (ittli. in lir. Prodr. I, 373 (1824); Boiss. Fl. (irient. 1. .597; Kutsi'liy. (■,v|jcrii. .319. 



About Laniaka on hills and on the sea-shore (UK). 



S. apetiiUi WilM. Sp. pi. II. 307 (1799): Boiss. Fl. orient. I. 596 et Suppl. 94. .S'. Bkjoi Bois^. in Sint. et Rig-o, 

 Pl. Cypr. exsicc. 1880 (forina nana snbbiflora); Sintenis in t)e. R. Z. XXXI, 393 (1881); nnuieu sdlnni. 

 Fields, not rare. Pentadaktylos (SR 244!), Hai;-. Napa (JH 66). 

 var. grandiSora Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 597 (1867). 

 Fields at Phaneromene near Larnaka (.JH 146). 



*»'. thyniifolia. Sibtb. et .•<iii. Pruilr. 1. .'92 (1806); Fl. (iraec V, 8, tab. 411 ; BuLss. Fl. orient. I, 648 et Suppl. 106; 

 Kiibrb. 3Ionogr. Silene, 2.30. 



Sandy places on the sea-shore, only found by Sibthorp. 



S. nicaecnsis .\11. .Misc. Taur. V, 88 (1770—73); Buiss. Fl. orient. I. 591; Sintenis in Ue. B. Z. XXXII, 263. 

 S. leiuophaeu Sibth. et Sni. Prodr. Fl. (4raec. I, 297 (1806). 



Found near the base of Stavrovuni by Sibthorp. Davlos (Sintenis). 



S. rubella L. Sp. pi. ed. 1. 419 (1753): Sibtb. et Smith. Pnnlr. I, 297; Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 598; Kotscliy, I 'ypern, 350. 



This species, which is widely distributed in the countries round the Mediterranean, is erroneously 

 said by Kotschy to be peculiar to Cyprus. 



. Fields, at first found by Sibthorp. Phaneromene near Larnaka (JH 126 b). 



S. aegyptiaca L. til. Snppl. plant. 241 (1781); Rolu-b. Monogr. Silene, 156. S. orchidea L. fll. 1. c. 241 (1781); 

 Sil)tli. et Smith, Pnjdr. I, 297. S. Atocimi .lactj. Hort. Viudob. Ill, 19 (1776); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 600; Kotschy, ( 'ypeni, 351 ; 

 Post in lléni. Herb. Boiss. 19(X), no. 18, 91. Cucuhalus aegyptiacits L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 415 (1753). 



Cultivated fields. Limassol and elsewhere (UK). Already mentioned by Sibthorp. 



S. sedoides Poir. Voy. Barb. II, 164 (1789); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 598; Richter-ffiirke, PI. Eumii. n, 306. 

 Sandy places along the coast. Capo Elæa in the Karpas (JH 510), Capo Gatta (JH 678). 

 Already indicated from the island by Gurke (1. c), I do not know on which authority. 



S. cretica L. Sp. pl. ed. 1, 420 (1753); Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. I, 296; Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 584; Kotschy, Cypern. 349. 

 Cultivated fields, already seen by Sibthorp. Nikosia (JH 269). 



S. laevigata Sibth. et Sm. Prodr. Fl. (iraec. I, 295 (1806); PI. Graec. V, 13, tab. 418; Rohi-b. Monogr. Silene, 

 168: Boiss, Fl. orient. I, 585 et Snppl. 92; Kotschy, ('ypern, 3.50. 



A very characteristical species, which is endemical on the island. 



Sandy places, banks of rivers. The original specimens of Sibthorp are still kept in Oxford. Also 

 collected by Kotschy on the sea-shore near Larnaka, by Sintenis and Rigo on Troodos (SR 7661), and 

 by myself at Alethriko (JH 217) and Yalia (JH 801). 



S. Beheu L. Sp. pl. ed. 1, 418 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 583. 



Rocky places. Cyprus, without special locality (Kotschy, teste Boiss., not mentioned in the list 

 of Kotschy). 



S. Otites Sm. Pl. Brit. 469 (1800); Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. I, 300; Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 606; Kotschy, Cypern, 348. 

 Cumbalus Otites L. Sp. pl. ed. 1, 415 (1753). 



Most probably the Cyprian plant belongs to the subsp. iS'. densiflorn Urv., which has been found 

 by Balansa on the mountains of Cilicia (Boiss. 1. c. 608). 



Only indicated from the island by Sibthorp. 



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