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List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, liitlierto oliservefl in (Cyprus. 



Rocky places. Kyrenia, and between Prodromo and Tris Eliacs (UK). Kyi-enia (SR 663!), 

 Vatili (.JH 324). Endemical on the island. 



S. pallvlum M. B. PI. Taur. cane. I, .353 (1808); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 790. 



Rocky places at Cape Hag. Andreas (SR 31!). The specimens bearing' this numero in Herb. 

 Boiss, are determinated thus by Boissier. 



Note. S. palestinum Boiss, is indicated for the island liy Tuompson (F1. Cypi'- 3'58: leg. Lascelles on Pentadak- 

 tylos); tills is a species closely related with 5. palUdum and hitherto only kncjwn from the mountains of Syria and Palestine. 



S. rubens L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 432 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 794 et .Suppl. 247: Kotsehy, Cypern. 312. Crassuh 

 ntbens L. Syst. Xat. ed. 10, 969 (1758— .59); Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. XX.KI. 257. 



Rocky places, dry slopes and vine-yards. Pro- 

 drome (UK; SR 321), Chrysostomo (UK). Near Lar- 

 naka (SR). 



S. caespitosum Uav. Icon, et descript. plant. I, tab. 

 6.?, fig. 2 (1791); Boiss. Fl. orient. II. 794 et Suppl. 247. 



Rocky places, stony fields along the sea-shore. 

 Pentadaktylos (SR 31 a!), Larnaka (JH 83). 



Umbilicus pendulinus DC. PI. grass. II, tab. 156 

 (1829); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 769; Kotsehy, Cypern, 312. Cotyledon 

 Umbilicus P tnberosa L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 429 (1753). 



Walls and rocky places. Pentadaktylos, Buffa- 

 vento, Lapithos (UK). Tsada in the district of Paphos 

 (.JH 732). 



t', globulariacfolius Fenzl, Pugill. pi. nov. Syr. Xo. 

 52 (1842); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 770; Kotsehy, Cypern, 311. 



Rocky places. Buffavento, Lapithos and Pro- 

 dromo (UK), Pentadaktylos (SR 598!). 



U. eyprius nov. sp. 



Perennis; tota planta patule glanduloso- 

 pubescens. Caulibus tloriferis e.xtrarosularibus, 

 annuis, adscendentibus, 10 — 15 cm. altis. Foliis rosu- 

 larum steriliura carnosis, anguste spathulatis, ad 30 

 mm. longis et 5 mm. latis, basi longe attenuatis, dense 

 pubescentibus, longiuscule ciliatis, apice rotundatis. 

 Foliis caulinis paucis, deciduis, anguste lingulatis, ob- 

 tusis, ca. 8 mm. longis et 1.5—3 mm. latis. Inflore- 

 scentia terminali erecta, racemoso-spicata, conden- 

 sata, 12 — 15-tiorå, pedicellis valde abbreviatis, 



calyce plerumque duplo brevioribus, floribus patule erectis. Calyce ad, '^U longitudinis diviso, 

 segmentis a basi angustiori late ova t is, longe acuminatis, acutis distincte 5-nerviis. Corolla 

 alb id å, calyce fere duplo longiore, ad "A longitudinis quinquefida, laciniis lanceolatis, 6 — 7 mm. longis, 

 in setum attenuatis, ciliatis, ad carinam puberulis. Pilamentis corolla fere duplo brevioribus, antheris 

 reniformibus, apice emarginatis. 



This peculiar species, which I found growing abundantly on rocks and old walls at Hag. Hilarion 

 (JH 824 a), belongs to the section of Eomlaria DC. It has so little resemblance with the yellow- 

 flowered species of this section hitherto known from the Orient, that it is hardly necessary to compare 



Fig. 26. Umbilicus eyprius nov. sp. (ca. -j^). 



