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Remarks on the most Imjiortant Plant-Societies of tlie Islaiirt. 



sively or chiefly in connection with the springs; and therefore it is most natural to treat of the vegetation 

 of the springs separately. 



As an example of the composition of the vegetation round the springs I want to quote some notes 

 taken during my visits to several of the springs, both in the lower country and in the mountainous region. 



Near the bay of Chrysoku, in the northern part of the peninsula of Akamas, not very high above the 

 sea, lies Vrysi ton Eroton, a spring well distinguished through its uncommonly picturesque situation and 

 also on account of the rich traditions connected with it.') The water is streaming out of the very cliff in 

 the interior of a gi'otto just near Potami Chiftlik; over the entrance of the grotto the branches of a very 



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FiK. 71. The Interior of the limtto at Vrysi ton Eroton. 

 Ad'mntum Capillnn Vc7ieris and Samolus Vnleraiuli are seen growing' on tlie walls. 



old fig tree are hanging. In the interior of the grotto the cold, limpid water, streaming luxuriantly from 

 the ceiling and the walls, is collected in a natural water basin. Even if the heat outside is very strong 

 and depressing, in this grotto the air is always agreeable and cool. On the walls, covered with moss, 

 Adiantum Capillus Veneris grows luxuriantly, its leaves being sprinkled with fine drops from the splashing 



1) Whether this spriiiy — as seems to be indicated by the name — is identical with the F on tana amorosa of the an- 

 cient authors or not, this (juestion 1 dare not form any decided opinion of (cj). Oberhummer, Insel Cyperu, I, p. 131 — 132). 

 It happened to me as it was with 1). 6. Hogarth (Uevia Cypria, p. 14, foil.): the inliabitants of the place pointed out this 

 spring- as „Bp\jat? tuv 'Epurw-j", giving the name of „Fontana amorosa" to the small spring on the shore near the church of St. 

 Epiphanios several km. away. The latter spring, however, is quite insignificant; moreover it can hardly be very old because of 

 its place at the toot of a steep earthen wall, which is constantly undermined by the water. Perhaps the explanation is tliiit 

 the name has been transferred from one spring to another through some confusion or misconception. 



