List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto observed in Cyprus. 



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G. canum Requien iu DO. Prodr. IV, 602 (18.30) ; 

 Boiss. Fl. orient. III, 6.5; Kotschy, Cypern, 259. 



Rocky places, common in the lower and 

 raiddler regions of the island. Capo Greco (JH 413), 

 Heptakomi (JH 52i). 



var. miisciforiue Boiss. Fl. orient. III, 66 (1875); 

 Post in Mem. Herb. Boiss. 1900, No. 18, 94. G. musciforme 

 Boiss. Diagn. plant, orient. Ser. 1, III, 44 (1843). 



Buffavento, according to Post. 



G. Laiirae nov. sp. 



Tota planta glaberrima, livida. Per- 

 ennis, rhizomate elongata, repente, caulibus basi 

 suifrutescentibus adscendentibus, elongatis, inferne 

 ramosis. Ramis sterilibus dense, floriferis remotius 

 tbliosis. Foliis quaternis, deflexis, coriaceis, 

 uninerviis, a basi abrupte rotundatå auguste ovato- 

 lanceolatis mucronulato-acuminatis, marginibus spi- 

 nulescentibus, valde revolutis, infimis oblongo- 

 spathulatis, apice rotundatis, breviter mucronatis. 

 Panicula sparsiflora, ramis divaricatis. Pedicellis 

 flore subaequilongis. Corollis purpureis, lobis 

 ovatis apiculatis. Antheris nigris, fructu (imma- 

 ture) laevi. 



A very distinct species, which does not 

 seem to be closely related to any other hitherto 

 described. It appertains to the section Eugalinm 

 Koch and must be placed amongthe Chromoyalia Boiss. 



To this species I have attached the name 

 of my wife, Mrs. Laura Holmboe, born Lie. 



Dry hill-sides, not rare in the southern part 

 of the island. Mari ^east of Limassol (JH 639). 



G. saccbaratiun All. Fl. Pedem. I, 9 (1785); 

 Boiss. Fl. orient. Ill, 67; Kotschy, Cypern, 260; Sintenis in 

 Oe. B. Z. XXXI, .395. Valantia Apurine L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 

 1051 (1753). 



Fields. Capo Greco, Prodromo (UK). 

 Pentadaktylos (SR). 



G. tricorne Wither. Arraug-. ed. 2, I, 153 (1787); 

 Boiss. VI. orient. Ill, 67; Kotschy, (Jypern, 260; Sintenis in 

 Oe. B. Z. XXXI, 193. 



Fields. Makhaeras (UK), Larnaka (SR). 



G. recurviim Requien in DC. Prodr. IV, 609 

 (1830); Boiss. Fl. orient. Ill, 68 et Suppl. 283. G. pauciftorum 

 Kotschy, Cypern, 261 (1865); nee WilUl., nee Bge. 



Dry places, not rare. Lapithos (UK 487 1), 

 Troodos (SR 906!), Prodromo (JH 962). 



var. glahratum uov. var. 



Tota planta glaberrima, solum foliis margine 

 scabris, fructu laevi, minute verruculoso. 



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Fig. 56. Galium Laurae nov. sp. (almost ^/i). 

 a. Upper Side of a Leaf (^/i).— 6. Lower Side of a Leaf (■'/!)• 



