List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, liitherto ohserved in Cyprus. IfiS 



Rocky places, among- stones and gravel, river-banks, frequent throughout the Troodos-mountains 

 from ytavrovuni to Chrysorogiatissa. Alethriko (JH 233).— Has been indicated for the islands of the 

 Archipelag-us (yiBTHORp) and Lebanon (Boissiek), but is probably peculiar to Cyprus. 



Mentha puJegium L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 577 (1753); Gaudry, Recherclies, 190; Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 545; Kotsctliy, 

 Cypt'i'M, jJH6. lIpi-JT^oXo;. 



River-banks, wet places, common throughout the island. Limassol (Michaelides!), Kilani (JH 

 1150), Kythraea (JH 844). 



M. lougifolia Huds. Fl. .\iiu'l. 2i!l (17(i2): Brii|uet in EhkIit u. Prantl, -Nat. I'H.-Fani. IV, 3 a, 321. M. spirata 

 var. longifolia L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 576 (17.53). M. silvcsh-is L. Sp. pi. ed. 2. 804 (176:i); Poecli, Eniini. plant. Cypr. 23; IS.iiss. 

 Fl. orient. IV. .543; Kotschy, Cypern, 2t)5. lloTaiioyeiTavo?. 



Very frequent in wet places, river-banks, near sources, etc. Platraes (Michaelides!), Prodromo 

 (JH 952). 



Note. 1 liavr iKjf had occa.sion to see specimens of M. cyprica H. Brann [in Verb, zool.-liot. ties. Wien, XXXIX, 

 ;il7 (1K8!M|, and dare not imjnonnce any opinion as to its systematical value. According to the description of its author, it 

 seems to lie very closely related to M. longifolia Huds. 



Solanaceae Hall. 



Lychim europaetiui L. Sp. pi. i-d. 1, UI2 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 'J88; Tlionipsou, Fl. t'ypr. 18. i'L. i-ulyai-c 

 Kutschy, t'ypern, 288 (1865): non Uunal. 



Larnaka, near the sea-shore (SR, teste Thomps., JH i)5l. 



Hyoscyamus alhiis L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 180 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 2!t5; Kotschy, Cypern, 287. Ao'iTOxopxo. 



Road-sides, waste places, common. Nikosia (JH 303). 



H. aureus L. Sp. pi. eil. 1, 180 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV. 29H; Kotscdiy, Cypern, 287; Sint. et Riyo, Iter 

 cypr. No. 9. 



Rocky places, ruins, ancient walls, rather common, chiefly in tlio eastern part of the island. 

 Abundant on the walls of Famagusta; Capo Greco (JH 414). 



Witbania somnifera Ounal in HC. Prodr. XIII, 1, 453 (1852); Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 287; Kotschy, Cypern, 288; 

 Sintenis in Ue. B. Z. XXXII, 194. PhiisoliK somnifera L Sp. pi. ed. 1, 182 (1753); Sihth. et Smith, Prodr. I, 154; Fl. Graec. 

 Ill, 27, tab. 233; Clarke, Travels, VI II. 446. Mspt^aMia. 



Waste places, walls, road-sides, rare. Hag. Napa (UK, JH 423), Paphos (Sibthorp), Larnaka 

 (Sintenis). 



Solanum nigrum L. Sji. jil. ed. I, 186 (1753); (iaudry, Eechercbes, 198: Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 284: Kotschy 

 Cypern, 287. 



Waste places, common. 



subsp. S. rillosum Lam, III. II, 18 (1793): Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 285: Thompson, Fl. Cypr. 18. S. nigrum y ril- 

 losum L. Sp. pi. ed. 186 (1753). 



Waste places, river-banks, pci'haps more common than the typical .V. niiinnii. Hag. AiidioDikos 

 (SR, teste Thomps.), Kaminai'ia (JH 1072), Kalava,so (JH (113). 



Manilragora ofScinarum L. Sp. pL ed. 1, 181 (1753): Boiss. Fl. orient. IV. 291. M. a.,«r,/;.v Bertol. Mandrag. 

 9, tab. 1 (1835): Kotschy, Cypern, 288. KaXavOptoTioc, Xaxo^i-r.Xia. 

 Dry fields, common everywhere in lower regions. 



Datura Stramonium L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 179 (1753): Boiss. Fl. orient. IV, 292. 



Fields, waste places, not rare. Nikosia near the Government offices; Kilani, in cotton-fields (JH 1 14S). 



