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Remarks on tlie most Important Plaut-Societies of tlie Island. 



several places, Capparis spinosa subsp. sicula, numerous, Asparagus stijndaris. in several places, Parietariu 

 officinalis subsp. judaica, common in crevices, Cyclamen persicum. nnvaQYOVLS, Campanula AV/mms, numerous, 

 Dosea cypria, in several places, Ficiis carica, partly yountr plants a couple of dm. in length (growing out 

 of small cracks where they have without doubt been sown by birds), Andrachne telephioides, Vaillantiu 

 hispula, Silene sedoides (on beach rocks). 



In cracks in the old Venetian walls round Nicosia I noted the fol lowing species (27 and 28 March, 

 on the southern side of the town): Ceratocephalus falcatus, sparse (ripe fruits), Herniaria cinerea, Polycarpon 

 tetraphyllum, rather sparse. Rumex vesicarius subsp. cyprius, fairly numerous, Asperugo procumhens, fairly 

 numerous, Linaria ruhrifolia, sparse, Antirrhinum Orontium. Campanula Erinus, copious, Crupina Cru- 

 pinastrum, in several places. Asparagus stipularis var. hrachyclados. rather sparse, Stipa tortilis, copious. 

 Onohrychis Crista Gcdli, sparse, Cerastium semidecandrum, sparse, Erigeron Unifolium, scarce. 



The rock-vegetation described above has several species in common with different steppe- and 

 other xerophilous societies. Together with those species which are limited to rocky crevices, oldwalls, etc. 

 there almost invariably appear representatives of the steppe- and maquis-societies. The moi'e plentiful the 

 supply of mould is in the crevices and on the terraces— and the wider the latter are—, the moi'e fully 

 are these elements represented, and in this manner a series of transition-forms between a purely petrophyte 

 vegetation and the typical maquis- and steppe-flora are developed. 



I'he rock-vegetation has points of resemblance with the psammophile plant-societies as well. 

 The conditions of life on mountain-walls and on sandy plains have several traits in common, paiticularly 

 the high degree of insolation and the consequent intense heating of the ground. 



The following are the principal species, observed in Cyprus, growing on rocks. I'uins, etc.: 



Cystopteris fragilis subsp. eu-fragilis 



Asplenium viride 



A. Tricliomanes 



Ceterach officiiiarum 



Oymnogramme leptophylla 



Notochlaena Marantae 



Adiantum Capillus Ve7ierie 



Polypodium vulgare 



Selaginella dentieulata 



Ephedra fragilis subsp. campylopoda 



Andrupogon distaehyus 



Stipa Aristella 



S. tortilis 



Cynoswus elegans 



Gagea p)edimeularis 



Asparagus stipularis 



Ruscus aculeatus 



Ficus carica 



Parietaria officinalis subsp. judaica 



P. cretica 



Aristolochia par rif alia 



Rumex vesicarius subsp. cyprius 



Bosea cypria 



Telephium Imperati subsp. orienfale 



Arenaria pamphylica 



A. oxypetala 



Silene frnlicosa 



Anemone blanda 



Arabis purpurea 



A. cypria 



Brassica Hilarionis 



Alyssum Troodi 



Capparis spinosa subsp. sicula 



Sedum Lampusae 



S. microstachifum 



S. litoreum 



8. porphyreum 



S. pallidum 



S. 'rubens 



Umbilicus pendulinus 



U. globidariaefolius 



U. cyprius 



U. pallidiflorus 



Saxifraga tridactylites 



Lotus creticus subsp. collinus 



Geranium pusillum 



Linum nodifiorum 



Ruta halepensis subsp. bracteosa 



Andrachne telephioides 



Eupjhprhia Myrsinites 



Pimpinella cypria 



Erica sicula var. libanotica 



Cyclamen persicum 



Com-olvulus oleaefolius 



