,c)j^ List of Spontaneous Vascular Plants, hitherto obsei-ved in Cyprus. 



Sonchus ieverrimus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1. 794 (17.53); Boiss. Fl. orient. III. 797: Kotschy. Ovpern. 254: Sihth. et 

 Smith, Prodr. II, 125. 



Fields at Laniaka (UK 255!). Already observed hy Sibthorp. 



S. oleraeeus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 794 (1753); Gaudry, Reeherohes. 198: Boiss. Fl. orient. Ill, 795. .S', ciliafus Lam. 

 Fl. Fr. n. 87 (1778); Kotschy, Cypern, 254. Taoyo?. 



Fields, not rare; collected by Gaudry and Kotschy. 



S. arrensis L. Sp. pi. ed. 1, 793 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. III. 798: Kotschy, I'ypern, 254. 

 At Capo Greco, according to Kotschy. 



Lactuca cretica Dest. Coroll. Tonnief. 44, tab. 34 (1808); Boiss. Fl. orient. III. 805 et Suppl. 322: Kotscliy. Cypern, 

 255. L. leumphaea Sil.tli. et Smith, Prodr. II. 127 (1813): Fl. Graec. VIII. 69. tab. 794. 



Hills, amontr shrubs, rather common. Lavi'amis (.TH 806). Already observed in Cyprus by Sibthorp. 



L. Scariola L. Sp. pi. ed. 2, 1119 (1763): Boiss. Fl. orient. Ill, 809.— .?L. ncuhata F'reyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss. V, 

 785 (1895); vix Boiss, et Kotschy. 



As the specimens examined by Freyn were not developed enough to allow a comparison of the 

 fruits, I dare not include L. aculcata Boiss, et Kotschy in the present list of the plants of Cyprus; it 

 seems as if even Freyn himself has not been quite convinced of the coi-rectness of this deteiinination. 



Dry hill-sides, vine-yards, common. Pano Panagia (JH 10(U). 



L. saligna L. Sp. pi. pi. ed. 1, 796 (1753); Boiss. Fl. orient. Ill, 810; Post in Jlém. Herb. Boiss. 1900, Xo. 18, 96. 

 Fields, waste places, common according to Post. 



L. viminea Presl, Fl. ceeb. 160 (1819); Boiss. Fl. orient. IH, 818. Prenanfhcn riminea L. Sp. pi. ed. 1. 797 (1753). 

 Rocky places in the Troodos-mountains (JH 1159). 



L. bispida W. Prodr. VII, 139 (18.39). Prenaiithes hiapiila JI. Biebst. Fl. taur.-cauc. II. 245 (1808). Cephcdci- 

 rynchus hispidus Boiss. Fl. orient. HI. 821 (1875). 



subsp. L. Catidolleana nov. comb. Cepltnlorlii/mhns CMuloUeamm Boiss. Fl. orient. HI. 820 (1875). L. hispida 

 Kotschy. Cypern, 2.55 (1865); DC. p. p. 



Boissier's genus Cephalorynchus, chiefly characterized by the fruits being only very little compressed, 

 is reduced by Bentham and Hooker (Gen. plant. II, 526) as well as by Hoffmann (Engler u. Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.-Fam. IV, 5, 371) to a tribe of Li(rtuc<i L. It comprises one species with three closely related 

 subspecies. 



Rocky places neai' tlie top of Chionisti'a, ca. 19-10 m. above the .sea (UK 78-1! 8R 798! .]H 968). 



Picridhim orientale DC. Fl. Fr. IV, 16 (1805); Mnrli. Cuntrili. Fl. Tun. I. 112. P. Hngifamtm Sclmltz Bipout. 

 in Webb et Berthel. Phyt. Canar. II, 451 (1836-50); Boiss. Fl. orient. Ill, 827; Kdtschy, Cyiieni. 254; non Desf. Scorzonera 

 orientalis L. Sp. pi. ed. 2, 1113 (1763). Srmchus iingitanus Lam. Diet. HI, 397 (1789); Sibth. et Smith. Prodr. II. 126; Fl. 

 Graec. VIII, 67, tab. 792. 



Fields, sandy, in the lowest regions. Near Famagusta (Sibthorp). Also collected in the island 

 by SiNTENis (SR 286), according to Murbeck. 



P. intermedium Schultz Bipont. in Webb et Berthel. Phyt. Canar. II, 451 (1836-50): Boiss. Fl. orient. HI, 828. 

 Sonehus piicroides Sil]th. et Smith, Prodr. II, 126 (1813): F"l. (iraec. VIll, 68, tali. 793; non Lam. P. t'i(((/«re Kotschy. Cypern, 

 255 (1865); non Desf. 



Fields, sandy places. Only observed by Sibthorp. 



Lannaya mucroaata nov. comb. Lemifndoii mucronatnm Forsk. Fl. aeg-ypt. arali. 144 (1775). Z'dliknferia choyi- 

 drilloides DC. Prodr. VII, 183 (1839), p. ]i.; non Soiiclms chnndrillnides Desf. Z. inuci'nnata Boiss. DiasJii, plant, orient. Ser. I, 

 VII, 12 (1846); Fl. orient. Ill, 823. 



Sandy sea-shores at Salamis (JH 455). 



