List of Spontaueous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed in Cypriis. HQ 



Eiiphorhiaceae St. -Hil. 



Andracbne tclephioides L. Sp. pi. ed. I, 1014 (lTo3); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1188; I'ost in Mém. Herb. Boiss. 

 I!t0(t, no. 18, 100. 



Dry fields and hill-sides, fissures of roclis. Troodos (Post), Capo Elaea in the Karpas (.JH 509), 

 Heptakorai (JH 521), Pharmakas (JH 1127). 



Crozophora verbascifolia .Tuss. Tent. Euphorh. 28 (1824); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1141. Crnton rcrhascifolium 

 WilUl. Sp. pi. IV, 539 (180.5). 



In great abundance as a weed in the fields between Ijarnaka and Kiti, fiowcring in July (JH 

 1093). Also collected at Larnaka by Deschamps (no. 457!). 



Merciirialis auntia L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 103.5 (1753); Sihth. et Smith, Prodr. II, 261; Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1142; 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 360. 



Fields, vine-yards, waste places, very common throughout the island. Already indicated by Sibthorp. 



Ricinus communis L. Sp. pi. cd. 1, 1007 (1753); Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. II, 249; Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1143; 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 360. Kouprouvia. 



Waste fields, sea-shores, common in the neighbourhood of the towns. Already mentioned by 

 Sibthorp. Escaped from culture. 



Euphorbia Peplis L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 455 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1086; Post in Mem. Herb. Boiss. 1900, 

 no. 18, 100. 



Sandy sea-shores. Common at Limassol (JH 694). Also collected by Post. 



E. CJiamaesyce L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 455 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1088. 



sub.sp. E. canesceas L. Sp. pi. ed. 2, 652 (1762). E. Chamaesyce p canescens Boiss, in DO. Prodr. XV, 1, 35 

 (1865); Halacsy, Fl. Graec. Ill, 115. 



As has been pointed out by Halacsy (1. c.) only the hirsute form of E. Chamaesyce appears to 

 occur within the area of his "'Flora Graeca", and, judging from the description of Boissiee in "Flora 

 orientalis", this is also the case in other parts of the East. Having a separate area of distribution, the 

 canescent form of E. Chamaesijæ may claim the range of a distinct subspecies. 



Dry fields and vine-yards. Koutrapha (JH 846). 



E. malacopbylla Clarke, Travels, Part. 2, IV, 75 (1817). E. Immta Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. Ill, 792 (1826); Boiss. 

 Fl. orient. IV, 1092; Kotschy, Cypern, 358; Thompson, Fl. Cypr. 21. 



Clarke's name is several years older than the name given by Sieber, and surely — as shown by 

 BoissiER (in DC. Prodr. XV, 2, 101)— appertains to this species. It must therefore bo given preference. 



Fields, vine-yards. Larnaka (SR 894!), Kophino (Lascelles). At first observed by Clarke 1801. 



E. cypria Boiss, in DC. Prodr. XV, 2, 115 (1865); Fl. orient. IV. 1096. 



Only collected by Gaudrt near "Catiga". 



E. altissima Boiss. Diagn. plant, orient. Ser. 1, V, 52 (1844); Fl. orient. IV, 1096: Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXI, 

 392 and XXXII, 121. 



Fields near Kythraea, according to Sintenis. 



E. areata Soland. in Russell, Aleppo, ed. 2, II, 2.53 (1794); Sibth. et Smith. Prodr. I, 329; Fl. (iraec. V, 53, tab. 

 468; Kotschy, (Cypern, 358; Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 1097. 



Cultivated fields, common in the southern part of the island and probably also elsewhere. Amathus 

 (UK), Larnaka (JH 128). Already indicated for the island by Sibthorp. 



