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(a list of the farms is found in Davíðsson, 1961a). At all
of these farms the species has spread out from gardens,
and in some places obviously a considerable time ago.
3. Myosotis palustris (engjamunablóm) (fig. 3).
The following statement on this species is found in
Stefánsson (1948) (translated from the Icelandic): “Very
rare: Arngerðareyrarháls, NW-Iceland. Near hot springs
in Reykjadalur, Keldunes and near Litlá in Kelduhverfi,
N-Iceland. Seyðisfjörður, E-Iceland. In many places cul-
tivated in gardens and not infrequently spread out from
these.” Skriðuland in Aðaldalur, N-Iceland, 1936. In 1950
I found the plant growing in Neskaupstaður and Seyðis-
fjörður, E-Iceland. In summer 1960 I noted this species
growing outside gardens at 12 farms in Húnavatnssýsla
and Skagaf jarðarsýsla, both N-Iceland (list of farms in Da-
víðsson, 1961a). Ingimar Óskarsson had previously (1957)
recorded it from a single farm in Skagafjarðarsýsla (Hraun
in Fljót). In Reykjavík and surroundings, SW-Iceland, the
species has for a long time been found growing outside
gardens, especially on the edges of ditches. In 1960 it was
recorded from Laugarvatn, Árnessýsla, S-Iceland, where
it was spreading. In 1961 it was found at Deildartunga
and Reykholt, Borgarfjarðarsýsla, W-Iceland, and in 1962
I found the species growing at Isafjörður (the city), NW-
Iceland, Akureyri, N-Iceland, and in geothermal soil near
Bláhvammur, Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla, NE-Iceland. In 1963
Guðbrandur Magnússon recorded it from Siglufjörður, N-
Iceland. In 1964 I found the species growing in a slow
flowing stream below the deserted farm of Fjall in Kol-
beinsdalur, Skagafjarðarsýsla, N-Iceland. It was growing
amongst Carex Lyngbyei, Hippuris vulgaris, Menyanthes
trifoliata, Equisetum fluviatilis and other water plants,
and appeared to florish. Haganesvík in Fljót, N-Iceland,
1965. Both here and in several other localities it seems
to become completely established.