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



church-bell is suspended on one of them. The circumference of the trunk, breast-high, was in 1905 2.95 m.— 

 Especially on the wooded slopes in the western part of the island Styrax officinalis is very common in 

 the various kinds of wood- and shrub-societies. Through its pretty, sweet-scented, white flowers, it is 



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Fig. 123. Large Specimen of Qitercus cocci fera helow Prodromo. 



very prominent in the landscape. In the vast majority of cases it is only shrubby, but can also develop 

 into a small tree. The greatest specimen I have met with was in the neighbourhood of the village of 

 Phyti in the district of Paphos. This tree has a stem, which until 1.7 m. above the ground is undivided 

 and rank; breasthigh the circumference of the trunk is 1.04 m. The ci'own is richly branched and finely 

 shaped; shortly before my visit, however, several of the branches had been cut down by the village-people. 

 In spite of numerous inquiries I have no more than Unger*) been able to ascertain, that sty r ax is at 



') Unger u. Kotschy, Die lusel Cyperu, p. 41S 



