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



are breaking forth, as for instance Scilla mdumnctUs and Tara.racum mcgalorrhizon, which daring the 

 summer have lead quite an subtciTanean existence. 



A good many of tiie ondemieal plants belong to, or have their most typical places of growth in 

 the .Shinia-maquis, hcie mentioned. This is the case with shrubs as well as herbs. Among endemical 

 maquis-shrubs may be mentioned the following: Onosma fnitico-nan, Dosea ei/piia, Bnllota 'nifecinfoUa, 



112. Branch of Thymelaea Tnrtonrnira All. 

 suhsp. argcntea EncU. (Vi). 



Pig. 113. Branch of Thymelaea hirsnta Eudl. (i/,). 



Odontites ci/pria and PteroccplialKn multifloriif:. Among the herbs f. inst. AJlhnn junceitm, A. WiUenniim, 

 Gladiolus triphyllus, Silene galataea, Cleome ornithopodioides sub.sp. cypria, Onohri/cliis- renosn, Eiqihorhia 

 Thompsmiii, Hcliantheminn ohtusi folium, Anthemis tricolor are often seen in the Shinia-maquis. Several 

 of these species belong to the most fi'oquent and conspicuous plants of the island. 



To illustrate the composition of the veg'etation of the Shinia-maquis of Cyprus the following few 

 notes from ray diary may be quoted. 



The village of Kophino is situated on the small river of Vreis Potamos, southwest of Lai'naka. 

 In this part of the island the rocky ground belongs to the Idalian formation and is chiefly white-coloured, 

 loose, often with its layers placed edgewise or folded. The soil is strongly charged with lime. By the 



