Remarks on the most Important Plaiit-Sucieties (if tlif Islaml. 207 



It is a fact of a certain interest tliat the ZunnicheJUn of the reservoir was also found in an arti- 

 ticial waterpipe in one of the oi'ciiards of tlie viilairc (it ;yrew abundantly in a tiny, creepino- form [with 

 fruits|); the water of this pipe comes from a well dug out to a depth of 5 m.; the irrcatcst pai't of llio 

 jtipe is covered; but all the way where ZnnnichfUia was found, it was open. 



In a muddy puddle of the almost dry river-bed of Pedias to the north of Kaniagusta 1 found on 

 the 11th of April Diomisoniin» Alisma growing abundantly. The form seen in this place at least had 

 its leaves floating on the surface of the watei-; that is the reason why it is here reckoned among the 

 real aquatics. 



Only once during my excursions tJiroughout Cyprus I found real aquatics in small puddles i-eceiving 

 no afflux of water from the neighboui'hood. On the 14th of April I found in a small depression (1.3 m. 

 long, 05 m. broad and 0.3 m. deep) of a cliff, at the uttermost end of Capo Elæa a few specimens of 

 Ildiniiiciiht.t aqunfiUs subsp. confiifus and ZannichelUa jinJiintiis subsp. marina. On the said day this 

 depression as well as others in the same neighboni'hood, after a preceeding fall of rain was half filled with 

 water. It seems, however, but little creditable that plants such as the above-mentioned should be able 

 in the climatic conditions of Cyprus to subsist during a longei- pei'iod in a place so much exposed to drying 

 up. Probably this sti'ange appearance of the plant is to be asci'ibed to an occasional transport, thiough 

 birds or in othei' ways. Most probal)ly it has been brought from a comparatively great distance, for in 

 tiie immediate neighbouiliood a tit habitation where the above-mentioned aquatic may be stationary is 

 hardly to be found. 



In addition to the survey given here of the phanerogame aquatics of Cyprus a few woids ai'e 

 still to be said on the Chai'aceae collected by me. Prof. Dr. O. Nokdstkdt in Lund has been so kind 

 as to determine them. A species occuring frequently in the "lake" of Vatili appeared to belong to Chum 

 mntmr'ia A. Braun;') another which I found in the above-mentioned watei'-pipe near Kuklia, along with 

 ZiinnlchcUki pahtstiis. belonged to Cli. fodiihi A. Braun.-) In puddles of brackish water near the -Walt 

 Lake of Lai-naka 1 collected Tolt/jwlln nidifiea (MiJiiL.) Leon.") Of these species Vh. foetida has formerly been 

 indicated foi' several habitations in Cyprus by Ungek, who has moreover found Ch. aspera Willd."") 

 near Larnaka; the other species are new to the flora of the island. A peculiar interest is connected with 

 the finding of TohjpeUa nidifiea. According- to Nobdstedt this is a decidedly Noi'thern species "although 

 it is seen also in Ireland and along the Atlantic coasts of France. It is certainly not found befoi'e in 

 the Meditei'ranean. I should think that the brackish water in which it was found, was rather salt [this 

 was the case! (J. H.)]. In A. Braun's book: "Kragmenten ein. Monogr. d. Characéen" and in MiGuiiA's 

 book "Die Characéen Deutschland"s the fact is mentioned that in this species are to be found "Verdickungen 

 doi' Zellmembran". In the Cyprian specimens these were especially numerous (they could be used as an 

 object of demonstration). I'hey are not frequent in specimens, which have grown in water that is not 

 so salt. Therefore 1 believed, that the samples I have recently received fi'oni WiLi.E-fiom the country 

 of Kei-guelen — had been taken in a comparatively fresh water" (Nordstedt). 



2. Societies of Paludal Plants. 



The Cypi'ian plants belonging to these societies are mostly to be found in the lower counti'y only, 

 appearing here chiefly along the coasts, in the neighbourhood of the collections of water mentioned above, 

 and in the riverbeds. In the highei- parts of the island they occui- almost exclusively in sui'h places as 

 are irrigated by the watei' of spi'ings and fountains, and along artificial water drains. 



') "Forniii suliinerniis, miimtelcs. Iiniiiilinr. yraoilinr. iiartini liriicliyiiliylla" (Norhstedt, .HI. li'iO). 



-) "Forma subinermis, macroteles, macroiitila. sporis iimiiaturis" (N'oitnsTEnT. .III. 3K9). 



^) "Sporis immatiiris'' (N'ordstf.dt. .TH. 110). 



■*) Unqee n. KoTSCHY. Insel ryperu. |p. 156. 



