J 08 List of Spoutaueous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed iu Cyprus. 



L. Tillosus Forsk. Fl. aegypt.-arab. 71 (177.5); Brand in Engl. Jahrb. XXV, 205. L. pusiUus Viv. Fl. Lib. 47, 

 tab. 17, fig. 13 (1824); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 17.3.— Probabiliter "L. perpimllus" Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXII, 364 (lapsu calami). 

 Salamis, abundant on dunes of drifting sand, near the sea-shore (JH 4.39). 



L. corniciilatns L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 775 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 165; Kotschy, Cyperu, 380; Post iu JKm. 

 Herb. Boiss. 1900. Xo. 18, 92. 



Fields at Platraes (Micha elides!), Troodos (Post). 



snbsp. L. temiifolins Echb. Fl. Germ, excurs. 506 (18.30—32); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 166. 



Wet places, marshes. Limassol (JH 657), sources at Prodromo (JH 943). 



L. palustris Willd. Sp. pi. III. 1394 (1800); Brand in Eui;l. .hihrb. XXV. 217. L. lamprwarpits Boiss. I^iagn. 

 plant, orient. Ser. 1, IX, 33 (1819): Fl. orient. II, 166. 



Wet ditches at Episkopi (JH 698), Prodromo (JH 944). 



L. creticus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 775 (1753); Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. II, 105; Fl. (iraec. VIII, 42, tab. 758: Boiss. Fl. 

 orient. II, 165; Kotschy, C,\-pern, 380. 



Rocky sea-shores. Indicated by Sibthoep. 



subsp. L. eollinus Murb. Contrib. Fl. Tiui. I, 68 (1897), pro snbsp. L. ajtisoidis. L. creticm 7 collinun Boiss. Fl. 

 orient. II, 165 (1872). L. commutattis y eollinus Brand in Engl. .lahrb. XXV, 208 (1898). L. cytisoides p colUnus Halacsy, 

 Fl. Graec. I. 419 (1901). L. Judaicus Boiss. 1. c. L. creticus Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXII, 191 (1882) [Vidi specimina!]. 



Hill-sides, rocky places. At Kantara (SR 441!), Cape Hag. Andreas (SR 443!), Kimlu in the 

 district of Paphos (JH 757). 



Psoralea hituminosa L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 763 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 187. 



Hag. Hilarion, within the ancient walls, abundant in rocky places (JH 817). 



Astragalus epiglottis L. Mant. 274 (1767); Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. II, 88; Fl. Graec. VIII. 23, tab. 731; Boiss. 

 Fl. orient. II, 223; Kotschy, Cyperu, 382. 



Fields, at first recorded by Sibthoep. Nikosia (8R 434!). 



A. trihuloides Del. Descr. de I'Egypte 70 (1813); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 224 et Suppl. 174. 

 Dry fields. Kythraea (SR 488 b!). 



A. crnciatus Link, Enum. plant. II, 256 (1822); Boiss. Fl. (jricnt. II. 2ii5 et Suppl. 174.— .^.-1. StcUa Sil.tli. et Smitli, 

 Prodr. II, 87 (181.3); uon L.—A. contortuplicatm Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. 11, 86 (1813); Fl. Graec. VIII, 21. tali. 729, teste 

 Boiss. ; Kotschy, Cypern, 381 ; uon L. 



Dry fields in lower regions, not rare. Already observed by Sibthoep. — Nikosia (JH -271 and 

 299). Kythraea and Nikosia (SR 433!). 



Xote. .4. Glau.r L. and .4. sesameus L.. two species which are uot otherwise knowu from the Levant, are recorded 

 for the island by Sibthorp (Prodr. II, 87 and 88), the latter one also by Kotschy (Cypern, 381). Their occurence in Cyprus 

 seems very dubious. 



A. boetieus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 7.58.(1753); Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. II, 87; Fl. Graec. VIH, 22, tab. 7.30; Boiss. Fl. 

 orient. II, 236; Kotschy, Cypern, .382. Nu'x.ia tou xopu'vou. 



As a weed in the fields at Larnaka (UK, JH 261). 



A. bamosus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 758 (1753); Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. 11, 86; Fl. Graec. VHI, 21, tab. 728; Boiss. Fl. 

 orient. II, 238; Kotschy, Cypern, 381. 



Dry fields in lower regions. Larnaka (UK), Valia in the Karpas (JH 490). 



A. ttthercnlosus DC. Astrag. 166, tab. 22 (1802); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 239. 



In my specimens, at least in most of them, the pods are more obtuse and the persistent hook 

 at the base of the style is less developed than in the specimen.s from the continent of Syria and Asia 



