List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, liitlierto observed in Cyiirus. 117 



Oxalidaceae Lindl. 



Oxalis corniciilata L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 435(1753); Poech, Eiium. plant. Oypr., 37; Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 866; Kotschy, 

 Cypern. 366. O'lvou'Si'*. 



Fields and gai'dens, waste places. Adscending to Prodromo (UK), Larnaka (JH 249), Episkopi 

 (JH 707). 



O. cermta Thunb. Diss. Oxal. no. 12, tab. 2 (1781); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 867; Thompson, Fl. Cypr. 304. 



Originally a South African species, which has of later years become a troublesome weed in most 

 of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean. Sintenis, speaking of a "large, yellow Oxalis", which 

 he found abundantly in the environs of Larnaka (Oe. B. Z. XXXI, 194), is the first botanist who has 

 mentioned this plant for Cyprus. As it was noticed neither by Sibthoep nor by Kotschy, its immigration 

 probably has taken place between 1862 and 1880. At the present time its large and beautiful, bright yellow 

 bells must be reckoned amongst the most conspicuous flowers in the early spring-flora about Larnaka, 

 Nikosia and in many other places. It grows in fields and gardens, along road-sides and on old walls, 

 and even in the streets and market-places of the towns. (Larnaka (JH 111). 



Linaceae Dumort. 



Linnui galliciim L. Sp. plant, ed. 2, 401 (1762): Boiss. Fl. orient. 1, 851; Kotsdiy, Cypern, 365. 

 Among shrubs at "Agathu'" (UK)'). 



/.. corrmbttlosnm Rcbb. Fl. derm, excurs. 834 (18.30—32); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 852; Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXII, 291. 

 Hill-sides near Davlos, according to Sintenis. 



L. strictum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 279 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 852; Kotscby, Cypern, 365; Thompson, Fl. Cypr. 10. 



subsp. L. spicattim Guss. Fl. Sicnl. syn. II, 809 (1844). L. sessiliflonim var. sjncatwn Lam. Eucycl. Ill, 523 

 (1789). L. strictum p spkatum Pers. Syn. I, .336 (1805); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 8.52. 



My specimens, on account of their densely racemed flowers, must be referred to the present sub- 

 species, which is also, according to Boissier, more common than the type in the other countries of 

 the Orient. 



Dry hills and fields, common lower regions. Vatili (JH .328). 



i. nodiftorum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 280 (1753); Sibtb. et Smith, Prodr. I, 216; Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 853; Kotscby, 

 (_'ypern, 365. 



Dry hills, rocky places. Mazoto (Sibthoep), Prodromo (UK), Juti near Heptakorai (JH 531). 

 Not common. 



L. piibescens Russell, Xat. Hist. Alepp. ed. 2, II, 268 (1794); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 860. L. hirsutum Silith. et 

 Smith, Prodr. I, 215 (1806); non L. L. Sibthorpiamim Marg. et Eeut. in Mém. Soo. Phys. Genév. VIII, 283 (1839); Kotscby, 

 Cj'pern, 365. — Probabiliter etiam L. viscosmn Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. I, 214 (1806); non L. 



Fields, collected in several localities by Sibthokp and Kotschy, 



L. usitatissimum L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 277 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 860; Kotschy, Cyiieru, 366; Thompson, Fl. 

 Cypr. 304. Atvaptv. 



Cultivated on a great scale, especially iu the plain of Morphu. Also common as a weed among 

 the cereals. 



subsp. L. Immile Mill. Hiet. ed. 8, no. 2 (1768); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 861 et Suppl. 138; Sintenis iu Oe. B. Z. 

 XXXII, 292; Post in Mém. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 92. 



As a weed in the fields, perhaps occasionally also cultivated. Heptakomi (SR 206 !). Phaneromene 

 near Larnaka (JH 156). 



^) "'Agathu'" is probably the same as Akautbu, a 'billage ou tlie north-coast. 



