] 50 '-"ist of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed in Cyprus. 



Rocky places, fissures of rocks, in the northern mountain-ranare. Buffavento (UK), Pentadaktylos 

 (8R, teste Boiss.), Hag-. Hilarion (JH 823).— Even this is an endemical species. 



O. mite Boiss, et Helilr. Diagn, plant, orient. Ser. 1, XI, Ul (1849); Fl. orient. IV, 200: Kotscliy, Cypern, 282. 

 Dry slopes, pine-forests, in the Troodo.s-mountains. Between Prodrome and Pini (UK^), in tiio 

 valley of Hag. Potamos, district of Paphos (JH 1042). 



O. giganteiim Lam. III. de.s (genres, I, 407 (1791); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 202; Kotschy, Cjiiern, 283. 

 Fields, slopes, only found in the western part of the island. Lemona (JH 749). 



Note. 0. oricntaUs L. (Anioen. Acad. IV, 267) is a plant, the true reference of which according to Boissier (F1. 

 orient. IV, 20.3) is uncertain. It has been indicated for Cyprus by Sibthorp (Prodr. Fl. Graec. I, 120). 



Ecbium italicum L. Sp. pi. ert. 1, 139 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV. 20.5. E. iniramiåntum DC. Prodr. 23 (1846); 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 279. 



Waste grounds. Near Episkopi (JH 692). 



E. sericeum Valil, Symb. II, 35 (1791); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 207. 



In Cyprus this polymorphous species is represented by the following two subspecies: 



subsp. E. Halåcsyi nov. nom. E. xericaim p diff'usmn Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 207 (1879); non E. (Uffusum Silitli. 

 et Smith. 



As has been pointed out by Halacst (Fl. Graec. H, 340), Sibthoep's Echucm diffusum can hardly 

 be referred to the series of forms, which are generally united under the name of E. serwcitm. This is 

 evident both from his description (Fl. Graec. II, 69) and his excellent figure (1. c. tab. 182); E. iJiff'usHm 

 is an annual (or biennial) plant with its stamens inclosed in the corolla, while E. sericeum is always peren- 

 nial and has stamens reaching with one third of their length , out of the corolla. For the plant designated 

 by Boissier with this name a new name must therefore be established, and I propose to call it in honour 

 of the highly merited investigator of the flora of Greece, Dr. E. v. Halacsy. 



Sandy places along the sea-shore, often in dunes of drifting sand. Cyprus witiiout special locality 

 (Haussknecht, Decbr. 1866 in Herb. Boiss.), Hag. Napa (JH 2 and 59). 



subsp. E. elegans Lehm. Asper. 459 (1818); Kotschy, ('yperu, 278. E. sericeum y hispiduvi Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 

 207 (1879). E. hisjndum Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. Fl. Graec. I, 125; Fl. Graec. II, 68, tab. 181; non Bnrm. Prodr. 5. 



Dry hills, sterile fields, very common in the lower parts of the island. 



E. Rauwolfii Del. Fl. Egypt. 212, tab. 19, fig. 8 (1813); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 208 et Suppl. 351. 

 Fields, road-sides. Kythraea (SR, teste Boiss.). 



E. plantagineum L. Mant. alt. 202 (1771); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 208; Thompson, Fl. Cypr. 18. 

 Fields, dry hills. At "Arigina" (SR 532, teste Thompson). 



E. difftisum Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. Fl. Graec. I, 125 (1806); PI. Graec. II, 69, tab. 182; Haliicsy, Fl. Graec. II, 

 340. E. arenarium Guss. PI. rar. 88, tab. 17 (1826); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 210 et Suppl. 351. 

 Sandy sea-shores. Near Cape Hag. Andreas (SR, teste Boiss.). 



Verhenaceae Juss. 



Verbena officinalis L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 20 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 534; Kotschy, Cypern, 277; Thonips. Fl. 

 Cypr. 336. 



Road-sides, waste places, common in lower regions. Episkopi (JH 700). 



Vitex Agnus castas L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 9.38 (1753); (iaudry, Recherches, 189 et 197; Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 535; 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 278; Post in Mém. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 97; Thompson, Fl. Cypr. 336. ' liyvia. 

 Very frequent on river-banks, throughout the island. 



