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Remarks on the most Important Plant-Societies of tbe Island. 



stallina; one sees the clear drops on its leaves glittering like diamonds in the sunshine. The flowers of 

 this plant are white with pale petals of a lilac hue; the inner side of the upper lip is furnished with 

 violet stripes. The irrigated sloping hill on both sides of the river is covered by a fresh vegetation, 

 chiefly consisting of Cyperus rohmdus (growing very abundantly and being the predominant plant), Agrostls 

 verticiUatcc (rather numerous), Juncus lamjwcarjms (numerous), Curex distans f. minor (scattered), Sehpus 

 setaceiis f. pseitdoclathndm (rather scarce). Growing in big stiff tufts, Schoenus nigricans (frequent) is to 

 be found and also the same big Jtinms as the one near Livadia (see above). Of marshy plants moreover 

 a series of other species are seen to be growing: OphiogJossum rulgutmn (scarce), Orchis: ihericus (rather 

 frequent), Eannnculus triJohiis (ivathor fre([uent), Lotus pidusfris and L. cornictdatus subsp. fciiuifolius 



Fii;-. 72. PmguicuUi cri/stnlliiia Slbtli. et Siiiitli, yniwiiii;- at Vrysi Fram-lii near ProilriMim 



(scattered), Sumolus Vnlcrandi, Anagallis nrvensis subsp. phomicea (ratiier scai'ce), Modha longi folia, 

 Brunella rulgaris (rather abundant), Plantago lanceolata (scattered), Lauicntia toiella. .Somewhat further 

 below, near the rivulet, a group of magnificent platanes is to be seen. 



These examples will, I hope, be sufficient to give an idea of the composition of the vegetation 

 near the springs of Cyprus, in difterent heights above the level of the sea. They will reveal some features 

 in common, but also some characteristic traits of dissimilarity between the springs of the lower country 

 and those of the mountainous region. In the lower parts of the island, Adiantian Capillus Veneris will 

 hardly ever be absent near springs or in other places that are constantly irrigated by water; thus it grows 

 very abundantly in the old aquaducts near Larnaka, Nikosia and Pamagusta, and it is also often seen to 

 be growing in the interior of wells, grottos and other such places. In the central part of the mountain- 

 ous region the most typical species and also the greatest ornament of the veg-etation in the springs is the 



