274 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Cyprus which have hitherto only been seen in Crete and certain 
islands of the Grecian Archipelago. 
nother striking feature of the a * the large number of rare 
a es Monocotyledons which adorn hills in early sprin 
The Grasses have not been well iene “aa about eighty 
species have been recorde 
zs Juncacee@ and Cyperacea have also been little collected on the 
sland. 
Juncus pygmaeus Thuill. is recorded by Boissier, Flora Orientalis, 
vol. v., ‘‘Ex Insula Cypro prope Larnaka, Mayo 29, 1877, J. Ball, 
No. 2436.” The specimens of that number in the Kew Herbarium, 
to which the late Mr. Ball added, “‘ The only Oriental specimens 
seen by Boissier,’’ are certainly J, bufonius L., as I have recently 
pointed out in this Journal. 
Only ade ferns and four fern allies have yet been recorded 
from Cypru All ar ives of Britain except Gymnogramme 
leptophylla, Nothoehtena os and N, Marante, Cheilanthus 
fragrans, an is longifolia 
are in Cyprus is undoubtedly in a very bad state. 
Barley is cultivated more than wheat or oats, for it ripens earlier 
u e 
year forty bushels of barley or twenty-five bushels of wheat 
et acre are yielded without fertilizing tr other than the 
deposits left by the et torrents. Several leguminous plants are 
PS igeca: po as Erv m Ervilia, E. lens, Lathyrus Ochrus, Vicia 
Faba, and Cic L 
hemp are Sica on a small scale. Cyprian madder is surpassed 
only by Smyrnian. e sugar-cane was formerly Sater ively 
grown, but it was not found in the island by Unger and Kotsch 
The potato is restricted to the mountain regions. Gourds, melons, 
gy Po culture is the most important branch of husbandry, an 
— wine is made in sufficient quantity to enable much to 
exported. Olive trees are cultivated all over the island, up to an 
elevation of 3500 ft. The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is widely 
spread, and reaches 2000 ft. in the hills. The carobs are mostly 
shipped to Trieste, sphere a spirit is made from them. The chief 
fruit-trees wens e: Fig, orange, citron, mulberry, pome- 
granate, almond, vale, cherry, apple, pear, and medlar. They 
are mostly grown in orchards. 
ae cari: are the works most frequently quoted in the 
ying list, with the abbreviations by which they are indi. 
ated. The exact reference for each plant is omitted for want of 
space :— 
OS ohrevort J., and Smiru, J. E., ‘Flora Greca,’ 1806-1840 
abth. 
