B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 34. 2003 (Budapest, 2003)

The front cover picture is a line drawing of Iris hungarica YV. 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. 34. 2003 ISSN 0301-7001 30th October, 2003 Publication of this volume was financially supported by the National Cultural Foundation 5> The Hungarian Natural History Museum is under the authority of the Ministry of National Cultural Heritage 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 Responsible publisher: István Matskási Typeset: Pars Ltd, Budapest Printed by Mondat Ltd, Budapest