List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, liitherto observed in (Jyprus. 125 



Rhamnus Alaternus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 193 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. II, 14; Kotsdiy, ("ypeni, 3.57. XpyacHuXD. 

 Ill desolate ravines in the mountains between Lefiiara and Makhaeras, growing in great abundance 

 (UK 224!). 



Rh. oleoides [.. Sp. pi. ed. 2, 27(1 (1762); I'xiiss. Fl. orii'Ut. II. i.'i; (Jaudry, Reclierclies, 196; Kotscliy. Cypeni, 

 3.58. Ay.O'jixiiT]. 



A seldom missing constituent of tlic maquis-formalions of tlic lower regions, at least represented 

 by the following both subspecies: 



sulisp. Rh. piinctatns Fxiiss. Dia!j;u. plant. nri(Mit. Scr. 1. II, 4 (1843); Fl. orient. II, U.^?I<li. graccus Kotscliy, 

 Cypcni. 358 (sec. Boiss.). 



Dry slopes with maquis-shrubs. A branch collected by L.\billardiére, probably near Larnaka, 

 is kept in Herb. Boiss.! 



subsp. Rh. gniectis Boiss, et Rent., Diaan. plant, orient. Ser. 2. V, 74 (1856); Fl. orient. II, 15. Rh. jiuiidatus 

 Boiss. Fl. orient. Snppl. 156 (1888), qnoad plantani cypriani! (non alibi); probab. etiam Post in lléiii. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18. 92. 



A frequent maquis-shrub, widely distributed in the lower regions of the island. Near the castle 

 of Kantaia (SR ll!), Mazoto (JH IK.-?), Kophino (JH 596). 



Note. E. Hddrekh'd Boiss., a species closely related witli Rh. nkindcn, is indicated for the island by Sintems (in 

 (le. B. Z. XXXI, 230 and XXXII 20). 



Vitaceae Lindl.. 



Viiis viiiitera L. 8p. pi. ed. 1, 202 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orieut. I, 955; Kotscliy, t'ypern, 310. .\\).i^i>.<.'t . 



Cultivated on a large scale, chiefly in the district of Limassol. Also growing spontaneously (or 

 oiiginally escaped from culture?) in forests and ravines, not seldom far away from all human habitation, 

 e. «-. in the TvUiria. 



Malvaceae Juss. 



Lavaiera cretica L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 691 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orieut. I, 822 et Snppl. 131; Kotscliy. Cypern, 351. 

 Fields, waste places. Lainaka (UK), Kythraea (SR 576!). 



L. unguiculata Desf. Hist. arbr. I, 471 (1809); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 822; Kot.schy, Cypern, 351. 



Rocky places. Palaeo Milo near Panteleimon (UK). Also recorded from the island by HELDiiEicH 



(teste Boiss.). 



L. punctata .VU. .Uict. Fl. I'edeui. 26 (1789); Boiss. Fl. orient. 1, 823. 



Fields between Lapithos and the monastery of Acheropithi (JH H30). 



Althaea hirsnta L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 687 (17.53); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 824; Sintenis in (le. B. Z. XXXII, 123. 

 Fields near Lefkoniko, according to Sintenis. 



Malra cretica (.'av. iloiiad. Diss. II. 67 (1790); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 818 et Snppl. 131; Kotscliy, t'ypeni, 352 

 .1/. (dlharoiiks Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. II, 44 (1813); Kotscliy, Cypern, 352, non Cav. 



Dry fields. Between Limassol and Kolossi (UK), Bellapais (UK, SR sec. Boiss.). 



M. aegrptica L. Sp. yl ed. 1, 690 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. I, 818 et Suppl. 131. 



Di-y fields, at tirst recorded from the island by Sintenis without special indication of locality. 

 I found it rather scarcely in the steppe at Vatili (JH 342). 



M. silrestris L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 689 (1753); I5oiss. Fl. orient. I, 819; Kotschy, Cypern, 352. MoXoyn. 

 Fields, gardens, coui'ts and waste places, very common throughout the island. Phaneromene near 

 Larnaka (JH 259 b). 



