CYPRUS. /5 
inhabitants relate, that eastward of Nicotian chap. 
towards Baffh, the country being more moun- *— , ' 
tainous, is also well covered with wood'. The the island. 
rivers of Cyprus are dry during the summer 
months. Sudden rain swells them into torrents. 
Some rain fell during^ the second niorht v/e 
passed at Allien ; and in our way thither we 
had to ride for a quarter of a mile through 
water reaching above the knees of our mules. 
(l) The List of Plants found during: this visit to Cyprus, is reserved 
\\>r an /Appendix. We shall only mention here three new-discovered 
S|)ecie3. 
I. A non-descript, tall, branchy, strong-thorned, species of Ononis. 
This we have called Ononis macrocantha. Ononis caule sitffru- 
tescente ramisque spinosis, foliis superioribus solitariis ohovatis 
glaudiilosis apice dentatis ; fiorilus solitariis pedunculatis — Caulis 
ramosissimus, Jtexuosus, deorsum hirsutus. Rami valde spinosi, 
acuti, crassi, rigidi, supra glabi-i. Spina foliatm, validm, Jioriferce, 
subhincE. Folia petiolata lineas ires longa, inferiora 7ion vidi. 
Pedunculi breves. Calyces glanduliferl corolla breviorcs, basin 
versus pilosi. 
U. A non-descript species of Eupliorbia. This we have called 
Euphorbia malachophylla. Eupliorbia dlchotoma, foliis ovalis, 
acute denticulatis, hirsutis mollibus ; pedunculis solitariis unifloris, 
petalis lacinifttis — Planta annua jnagnitudine E. scordifolise, tola 
hirsuta. Fulia e.vacte ovata, lineas octo ad duodecim longa, vmcrone 
innocuo terminata, basin veisits integerrima. Petioli foliis ter bre- 
viores. Flares e dichotomiis pedunculati parvi. 
111. A non-descript species of Coitaurca, or Star Thistle. This we 
have called Centauuea imonacantha. Centaurea divaricafa, 
calycisfoliolis integris spind slniplicissimd terminatis, glabris ; foliis 
superioribus spinoso-denticulatis, lunceolafo-oblongis ; inferioribus 
dentato-pinnaiyidis, scabris — Plata humilis ramosissima) rand 
divarieati, dichotomi. Capitula sessilia. Cahicis foliolis arete im- 
hricatis glabris marginc scarrosis. Spina patultr validissima: 
