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List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, liitherto observed in Cyprus. 



? var. tripetalus nov. var. 



Forma gracilis depauperata, ad 15 cm. alta, uniflora. Foliis obovatis, 8 mm. 

 longis, 6 — 7 mm. latis, trilobatis, longissime petiolatis; summis interdum lanceolatis, 

 integris. Sepalis petalisque 3, staminibus perpaueis, carpellis 1 — 3. 



A reduced form with veiy diffei'ent habitu.s from the typical R. trilohioi. 

 In my specimens the carpels are not yet quite ripe, so that it cannot be surely 

 decided, whether they possess the short beaks characteristical for R. trilobus Desf. 

 If the beaks when ripe should appear to be longer, the plant has to be referred as 

 a variety to B. Guilelmi Jordani Aschers. (in Verb. bot. Ver. Brandenb. 1879, 64); 

 an analogous, although not quite so reduced form of that species, collected by Dr. 

 Roth at Kerek in Palestine in 1858, is preserved in the herbarium of Boissike. 

 As far, however, as can be judged from the stage of development of my specimens, 

 it seems more probable, that they belong to R. iriluhus, which is also supported by 

 the fact, that this species is common in the neighbourhood. R. G-nUelmi Jordani 

 has not yet been observed in Cyprus. 



Wet places in the shade of trees in the forest above Prodromo (JH 898). 



R. parriSorus L. Sp. pi. eil. 2, 780 (1762); Boiss. Fl. orient. I. 54: Kotschy. Cyperu, 

 316; Siutenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXI, 229. 



Moist places. Prodromo and Evrykhu (UK); Stavrovuni (SR). 



R. cbius DC. Regn. Veg-. Syst. I, 299 (1818); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 54. R. imrassatus 

 (iuss. Syn. Fl. Sicul. II, oO (1844); Kotschy, Cypern, .318. 



Moist fields, marshes. Perivolia near Larnaka (JH 160). 



Laiiraceae Lindl. 



Lauras nohilis L. Sp. pi. oil. 1, 369 (175.3); Poech, Emini. plant. <"ypr., 14; Boiss. Fl. 

 orient. IV, 1057; Kotschy, Cypern, 226. ^oi■^•^■r,. 



In a wild state not common, most in I'emote forests and ravines in the lowei- 

 parts of the mountains. Pentadaklylos (UK), Melini in the district of Limassol 

 (MiCHAELiDEs!), Lapithos (JH 835), Kykko (JH 1002), Makhaeras (JH 1118). 



Berberidaceae Torr. et Gray. 



Fig. 20. Ranuncnlus tri- 

 lobus Uesf. ? I'nr. tri- 

 petcihis nov. var. (Vi), 

 a. Carpel (^/i). 



Berberis cretica L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 3.31 (1753): Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. I, 242; Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 103: Kotschy, 

 Cyperu, ;320: Post in Mém. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 90; Schneid. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2. sér. V, 6.57 (1905). B. aetnensis 

 Hartmann in llittheil. dentsch. dendrol. Ges. no. 14, 171 (1905) ; non Presl. llajjpapETua. 



Frequent in the superior forest-region on Troodos, up to the very summit of Chionistra (JH 985). 

 Already seen here by Sibthokp. 



Leontice Leontopttalum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 312 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. 1, 99; Kotschy, Cypern, 320. Brassica 

 vesicaria Sibth. in Walpole, Jleni. 15. Tcjcr'zpu. „Hodie liiay.ptj) in ins. (_'ypro" (Tli. ()rphanides in sched. ad Fl. (Iraec^ 

 exsicc. no. 48). 



A frequent weed of the cultivated fields, only in the lowlands. Phaneromene near Larnaka (JH 

 139), Mazoto and elsewhere (JH). Already found at Larnaka by the abbot Domenico Sestini, flowei-ing 

 in February, 1782. 



L. chrysogonum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 312 (1753): Prantl in Engl, et Prantl, Xat. Pllfani. Ill, 2, 76. Botigardin 

 Rauivolfii C. A. Mey. Pfi. Cauc. 174 (1831); Kotschy, ('ypern, 320; Siutenis in Oe. B. XXXII, 18. B. chrysogonum Boiss. Fl. 

 orient. I, 99 (1867). 



