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individual trees grow so closely together that the branches touch each-other, and the ground beneath them 

 is almost destitute of vegetation. In the dense shade of the cypresses I found, between the ruins of Hag. 

 Hilarion, Psoralea hituminosa growing' rather abundantly. 



Of trees associating with the cypress Pinus halepcnsis, Arbutus Andruchne, Pistacia Terebinthus, 

 Olea europaea and Quercus coccifera must be mentioned as the most conspicuous ones. Sometimes Cera- 

 tonia Siliqua, Acer obtusifoUum a. o. are also seen. Of shrubs may particularly be mentioned the species 



Forest ut' Capresstts scmpervirens near Kantara, destroyed by Fire iu October 1904, 

 aud photographed in April, 1905. 



of Cistus (C. villosus var. creticus, C. parvifiorus and in part C. saldifolius), Pistacia Lentiscus, Calyco- 

 tonie villosa, Genista sphacelata, Thymelaea Tartonraira, Rubus uhnifolius subsp. anatolicus, Junijierus 

 phoenicea, Lithospermum hispidulum, Salvia triloba subsp. libanotica, a. o. Especially the species of Cistus, 

 Thymelaea with its silver-grey leaves, and the sharply thorny Genista sphacelata are dominating and cover 

 vast stretches. In more open places grow Sanguisorba spinosa. Galium suberosum, Heliehrysum rupico- 

 lum subsp. hrachyphyUum, a. o. Of climbing plants may be especially mentioned Clematis cirrhosa, Smilax 

 aspera, Galium Ap)arine, Rubia Olivicri subsp. braehypoda, a. o. The ground under the trees and shrubs, 

 as well as the greater and smaller open spaces between them, are clothed by various perennial and 

 annual herbs offering a bright show of flower. Regarding this we may refer to Sintenis' description of 

 the forest about the Convent of Kantara.') I have also had the opportunity of visiting the same tract 

 in the end of April, 1905, and then found the g-reater part of the plants mentioned by him. On my 



') SiNTENis, Cypern u. seiue Flora, II, p. 192, etc. 



