B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 37. 2006 (Budapest, 2006)

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 Ukraine. DOBOLYI Z. Konstantin Studia bot. hung. 37. 2006 ISSN 0301-7001 30th November, 2006 Publication of this volume was financially supported by the National Cultural Foundation nka Nemzeti Kulturális Alapprogram The Hungarian Natural History Museum is under the authority of the ^ MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE OKM 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 Prospektkop Bt., Budapest 043 06