B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 29. 1998 (Budapest, 1999)

The front cover picture is a line drawing of Iris hungarica W. et K. 1807 published in Descriptiones et icônes plantarum rariorum Hungáriáé (Vol. Ill, p. 226, 1812). Today it is considered as a subspecies of Iris aphylla L. It is a characteristic member of forest-steppe in NE-Hungary (Zemplén Mts, Szendrőlád, Nyírség). It also occurs in Romania, Slovakia and the Ukraine. DOBOLYI Z. Konstantin Studia bot. hung. XXIX. 1998 ISSN 0301-7001 30. X. 1999. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. Requests for permission or further information should be addressed to the Directorate Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary Typeset: Pars Ltd., Budapest Printed by: Htenbflt ICfct., Budapest