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from farms in 1952, and has been growing there since.
(Gísli Gestsson, pers. comm.)] Hvolhreppur, S-Iceland.
5. Aegopodium podagraria (geitakál) (fig. 5).
In eastern Iceland people had for a long time noticed
a plant that looked much like Archangelica. In 1948 I vi-
sited the area and found the plant, that proved to be Aego-
podium podagraria, near some gardens at Búðir, Gests-
staðir and Kolfreyjustaður, Suður-Múlasýsla. In 1949 it
was noted in Neskaupstaður, E-Iceland, and in 1950 I
found it growing at Brekka and Hesteyri in Mjóifjörður,
Suður-Múlasýsla, E-Iceland. According to the people in
Mjóifjörður the plant had first been found growing at Ask-
nes, where a Norvegian whaling station was operated
around the turn of the century. The Norwegians here im-
ported a number of plants to grow in their gardens. Plants
of Aegopodium were then taken at Asknes and moved
to Hesteyri. In 1950 the species was also recorded from
Karlsskáli, Suður-Múlasýsla, E-Iceland, and in the period
1954—1956 it was found growing at Akureyri and Siglu-
fjörður, N-Iceland, and Reykjavík, SW-Iceland; and Stykk-
ishólmur- W-Iceland, 1966. The species has undoubtedly
become permanently established in Iceland.
6. Anthriscus silvestris (skógarkerfill) (fig. 6).
This species was first recorded at Ásar, Árnessýsla,
S-Iceland, in 1940 (Steindórsson, 1949). During World
War H it became widely established around army camps
and gardens in Reykjavík and surroundings, SW-Iceland.
In 1942 it was found in a gorge near Sigurðarstaðir and
during the following years in Ljósavatn and several other
nearby farms. All these localities are in Suður-Þingeyjar-
sýsla, N-Iceland. In 1944 it was recorded from Goðdalur,
and in 1947 from Hólmavík, both localities in Stranda-
sýsla, NW-Iceland. In 1948 it was found at Búðareyri and
Neskaupstaður, Suður-Múlasýsla, E-Iceland; in 1950 at
Seyðisfjörður, E-Iceland, and Akureyri, N-Iceland, and