List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed in Cyprus. 77 



Delphinium peregrinum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, .531 (1753); Clarke, Travels, VTII, 442; Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 87; Huth 

 ill Eusl. .lalirl). XX, 474: Post in ;\Iéin. Heri). Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 90. 



sulisp. I), eriocarpuiu Halacsy, Fl. Graec. I, 32 (1901). D. peregrinum p eriocarpuin Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 87 (1867). 



Dry slopes and vine-yards, common on the white calcareous soil in the grape-district. Akamas 

 (JH 784). Pane Panagia (JH 1045). By earlier investigators only noticed by Clarke. 



D. Staphisagria I,. Sp. pi. ed. 1, .531 (17.53); Boiss. Fl. orient. 1, 94; Huth in Eng-1. .lahrb. XX, 481. 

 iShrubby places, not common. Mudulia in the Marathassa-valley (JH 999). 



/>. phrygium I'.uiss. in .Vim. sciences luU. XVI. 363 (1841): Fl. nriciit. I, 79: Huth in Kul;!, .lahrl). XX. 378. 



Spilia near the mountain of Adeiphi (iSR, teste Hith). 



Nigella NigeUastrum Wilih. in Willk. ct l.anux'. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 111. 963 (ISSO); Hahi.sy, Fl. tiraec. 1, 28. 

 Gnrifh'Ua NigeUastrum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 425 (1753); Silith. ct Smith, Prodr. I, 307: Boiss. Fl. orient. 1, 64; Kotscdiy, Cypern. 318. 



Hills, sterile fieWs, common everywhere in the lower regions. Kophino (JH 588), Kalavaso (JH 

 009), Capo Greco (JH 418). Already observed by Sibthoep. 



N. arrensis L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, .584 (17.53); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 65. 



snlisp. N. cretica Mill. Card. Diet. ed. 8, no. 4 (1768); Hal.acsy. Fl. (iraec. I. 28. X arrensis Sibrli. ct Smith. 

 Prodr. Fl. Graec. I, 374 (1806); Fl. (iraec. VI, 9, tab. 512; Kotschy. Cyperii, 319. V. nrmisis 8 (jwrocmrj^n Boiss. Fl. urient. 

 I, 66 (1867). N. arvensis var. microcarpa Boiss. Fl. orient. Snppl. 16 (1888 1. 



Fields. In Cyprus only collected by Sibthoep. 



A^. fnmariaefolia Kotschy, Cypern, 319 (186.5); Boiss. Fl. orient. 1. 66; Brand. :\Ioiiour. Xiffell. 28 (cxcd. syii.). 

 X. fumariaefolia a normalis Terracian. in Boll. del. Orto hot. di Palermo, 11. 4ii (1898). Prolialdlitcr xV. stellaris Tliomijs. I'l. 

 ('3'pr. 275 (1906); nou Boiss. 



In the materials, after which Kotschy 's diagnose was worked out, the fruits were not yet ripe, 

 and their shape is not mentioned in his description, which only says : "carpclJis tuberculato-asperis.'' Also 

 BoissiER had only occasion to use for his Flora orientalis the same materials with insufficiently developed 



fruits; his description is therefore in this point incorrect ("carpellis ad medium coalitis"), and he 



was thus led to misunderstand the affinities of the species, which he suspected to be only a form of N. 

 arvensis^) L. var. microcarpa Boiss. A single glance on the ripe capsules will be sufficient to show, that 

 N. fumariaefolia is in reality (luite different from that species, and has nearest afiinities to N. Mlaris 

 Boiss., a species distributed in Syria and Cilicia. This was already supposed by Kotschy, and is also 

 the opinion of the both recent monographers of the genus, Brand and Terraciano. The description of 

 capsules and seeds, given by Brand, is quite erroneous; probably the materials examined by him have 

 been too incomplete. Terraciano has first satisfactorily described these parts; his descriptioa as a whole 

 agrees well with my specimens, only it does not fit on them, that the carpels are said to be connected 

 Avith so much as one third of their length. At least 'A of the total length is constantly free, when the 

 carpels are ripe. 



Without doubt Terraciano has gone too far, when uniting N. fumariaefolia with N. stellaris into 

 one species, which he calls N. fumariaefolia (if his opinion were right, the name of N. stellaris Boiss., 

 dating from 1K46, would have the priority). Important differences exist between these both plants, as will 

 be seen from the following comparison: 



') By lapsus he writes N. sativa var. microcar 



