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



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Aspidium rigidum var. mistrale 

 A. FiUx mas 

 Asphnium viride 

 A. Trichomanes 



A. Adiantiim nig nun subsp. Onopterh and nigmr 

 Pterldmm aquilinum 



Eqtilsi'tinn maximum 

 Selaginella denticiilala 

 Milhim rernale subsp. Montianum 

 Cynosurus echinatus 

 Brachypodium silvaticum 



B. pinnatum 



Carex vulpina var. nemorosa 



C. remota 



C. muricata subsp. divulsa 



C. glunca 



Tamus communis 



Allium cassium var. hirfeUum 



A. neapolitanum 



Smilax aspera 



Platanthera hifolia subsp. montana 



Neotinea intada 



Popttlus nigra 



Alnus orientalis 



Corylus Avellanu 



Ulmus campestris 



Fieus cariea 



Aristolochia altissima 



A. hirta 



Clematis cirrhosa 



Laurus nobilis 



Fumaria macrocarpu var. oxyhba 



Arahis laxa tog'ether with its var. rremocarpa 



Cardamine hirsuta 



C. graeca 



Alliaria officinalis 



Platnnus orientalis 



Ruhus itbnifoliiis subsp. anatoUcus 



Mesp i h I s germ ani ca 



Crataegus monogyna 



Cotoneaster nummularia 



Coronilla parvifiora 



C. Emerus subsp. emeroides 



Vicia Cracca subsp. elegans 



Geranium Robertianum subsp. pttrpureum 



G. lucidum 



Pistacia Terebinthus 



Acer obtusifolium 



Rhamnus Alaternus 



Vitis vinifera 



Viola silvestris subsp. Riviniana 



Datisca cannabina 



Epilobium lanceolatum 



Hedera Helix 



Smyrnium perfoliatum 



S. connatum 



S. olusatrum 



Physospermum aquilegifolium 



Asterolinum Linum stellatum 



Cyclamen persicum 



Styr ax officinalis 



Scutellaria albida 



Brunella vulgaris 



Satureia vulgaris 



Galium peplidifolium 



Rubia tinctorum 



Campanula peregrina 



Inula britannica 



3. The Mountain Fields. 



The vetretation covering the Chionistra, the hitrhest peak of the Troodos group, above the limit 

 of trees, lias so much in common with that of the European "mountain fields'' as to .justify its referring 

 to that type. 



Pine forests climb the Chionistra to a height of about 1900 m. above the sea. Here and there 

 a dwarfed pine may be seen also higher up, even as far as very near the summit, about 1950 m. above 

 the sea-level. 



The mountain flora above the tree-limit consists of a low copse of various shrubs, the intervals 

 between the thickets being covered with grasses and with annual and perennial herbs. 



The predominating form among the close-growing bushes is the Berberis cretiea. This species is 

 common also in the pine region of the Ti'oodos; it becomes a gradually more marked feature according as the 



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