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



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Nikosia, Melia Azedarach, Ailanthut: glandiilo>>a. and others. Elspecially the last mentioned tree Mr. Bovim, 

 thought very promising, because it gives excellent timber, gi'ows (juickly and has a strong power of resistance 

 both as to drought and as to heat and frost (in the mountains). 



In the shadow of the planted trees, especially where the soil is not too dry, a luxuriant 

 vegetation is often found, consisting pai'tly of weeds and ruderate plants, partly of such species as will 

 grow in shadowy valleys and similar places. Coarse umbelliferous plants as f. inst. Conium macidahim. 

 Smyniiuiii uJusatnini and Lecokia crctica are to be met with here and also ordinary weeds like Urtica 

 pilulifcra, Pur'u'iarhi officinalis, subsp. judaica, Meycurialis annua, Euphorbia Peplus, and many others. 

 Liliaceae with white flowers, among which especially Ornithogulum umhellatum and Allium neapolitanum 

 are conspicuous, are often seen in great numbers. Another plant that often makes itself conspicuous, is 

 the beautiful Oxalis carnua with yellow flowers. 



Here is a list of the most important species belonging to the wild vegetation of gardens and other 

 plantations in Cyprus: 



Ci/nodoii Dacfijloii 



Asphodel us fistulosus 



Allium neapoUtnniiin 



Oniithujpdum narhonnisi' 



0. nnibellatiiiu subsp. (iivcrcjrns 



Uitivii piliilifeni 



Parielaria officinalis subsp. Jiiddica 



Aristolochia altissima 



PuUjgonuvi equ iseti forme 



P. avicidare 



Chenupodium foliosum 



Am «) •« n thui> chlo) vs tachijs 



Bosea cypriu 



Siellaiia mcdid subsp. Poslii 



Cerastium ylomerutuni 



C dichotomum 



Sinapis allui 



.S', arix'iisis 



(Atpsella Biirsci pasluris 



Å'a[)haiius Raphunistrani 



Erucaria aleppica 



Medicago tuberculata 



TrifoUum ugrarium 



Oxalis curniculata 



O. cerniia 



Mrrciiri(dis anmut 



Euphorbia Peplus 



Malva silveslris 



Coriundnini sativum 



Smyniium olusatrum 



Locolfia crctiea 



Conium maculalunt 



Tordylium aegyptutcum 



Anagallis arvensis subsp. jilweiiieeit and 



subsp. coerulca 

 Cordia myxa 

 Verbena officinalis 

 BntneUa vulgaris 

 Hyoscyamus alhus 

 Withania somniferu 

 Galium Aparinc 

 Bryonia dioica 

 A)ithemis Cola 



2. The Vegetation of Shady Ravines. 



At the bottom of the many deeply eroded gorges we generally tind a vegetation of shade-seekiug 

 plants, more or less varied in species. The conditions for the thriving of such a vegetation are here often 

 excellent. The tall chffs shut out the sun's rays all but a short time every day, and the seldom failing 

 plane-trees contribute their shade. Although the river-bed is, as a rule, dry from early in summer — the 

 water visible in July — August being limited to a few dwindling' pools — the ground about the bottom of 

 these nai'row valleys will prove moist from close below the surface. 



This shade-seeking plant-life finds its highest development in the numerous clefts (if the Troodds 

 mountains, e. g. near Makhaeras monastery, in the vicinity of Prodiomo. by Kykko monastei'y, and by 



