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This is the fourth instalment of a series of reports of chromosome numbers from Mediterranean area, peri-Alpine communities and the Atlantic Islands, in French or English language. It comprises contributions on 95 taxa: Acinos, Calamintha, Hyssopus, Lycopus, Melittis, Mentha, Sideritis, Thymus and Ziziphora from Bulgaria, by M. Markova & V. Goranova (Nos. 240-266); Bupleurum from Greece and Italy, Hermodactylis, Asphodeline, Crocus, Lolium and Primula from Greece and Crete, by S. Snogerup (Nos. 267-284); Papaver and Carex from Bulgaria, by M. Stoeva (Nos. 285-293); Allium, Asparagus, Carlina, Carthamus, Daucus, Echinops, Glaucium, Onobrychis, Onopordum, Pancratium, Platanus, Rhamnus, Salsola, Scolymus, Teucrium, Trifolium, Urginea, Verbascum and Zygophyllum from Cyprus, by C. Oberprieler & R. Vogt (Nos. 294-312); Alisma, Allium, Amaranthus, Asparagus, Bryonia, Butomus, Calystegia, Cicer, Circaea, Colchicum, Cornus, Datura, Elodea, Erodium, Ferulago, Frangula, Geum, Gratiola, Herniaria, Humulus, Impatiens, Lavatera, Lonicera, Oenanthe, Parietaria, Periploca, Pimpinella, Plantago, Ranunculus, Rapistrum, Ribes, Rubia, Saponaria, Scilla, Scrophularia, Sternbergia, Syringa, Viburnum and Urtica from Bulgaria, by I. V. Ceshmedziev (Nos. 313-366); Luzula from Spain, Switzerland, Bulgaria, CO, LU, by .M. Garcia-Herran (Nos. 367-370); Hordeurn from Switzerland, by F. Felber & D. Savova (No. 371); Pituranthos, Calendula, Carlina and Rhanterium from Turkey, by C. Reynaud, R. Verlaque & G. Bonin (Nos. 372-376); Aristolochia, Carurn, Centaurea , Rindera, Dianthus, Hesperis, Iberis, Orchis and Silene from Greece, by T. Constantinidis & G. Kamari (Nos. 377-386); Lathyrus, Lotus, Pisum, Astragalum and Vicia from Sardinia (ltaly), by C. Del Prete & P. Miceli (Nos. 387-393).