The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Blaðsíða 152
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Polyþogon monsþeliensis (L.) Desf.
Aloþecurus monsþeliensis Babington, 1871, p. 341.
Recorded by Solander from Iceland, cfr. Babington, loc. cit., but Babington
declares it to be “an exceedingly unlikely plant to grow in Iceland”.
Psamma arenaria Beauv. (Ammoþhila arenaria (L.)Roth).
Arundo arenaria, K. & M., 1770, p. 205.—Thienemann & Giinther, 1827.—Babing-
ton, 1871, p. 341.
Recorded for Iceland by König & Miiller, loc. cit., without locality. Th. & G.,
loc. cit., records it according to Babington from Kinnæstadt (Skinnastaðir, N.). It
is very unlikely that it should have been found in Iceland.
82. Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl. Fl. Ital. I (1848) p. 370.
Poa maritima, K. & M., 1770, p. 204.—Sclerochloa maritima Lindl., Babington,
1871, p. 344.—Glyceria maritima (Huds.) Wg., Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1,
1901, p. 56.—Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl., Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 64.—
G. maritima (Huds.) Wg., C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902, p. 126.—P. maritima
(Huds.) Parl., O. & Gr., 1934, p. 26.
Flora Dan. tab. 2823.
Icelandic: Sjávarfitjungur, Fjörukornpuntur. Danish: Strand-Annelgræs. English:
Goosegrass, Sea Spear-grass.
P. maritima is frequent in many parts along the Icelandic coast; future investiga-
tions will, no doubt, show many additional localities. It is impossible now to give a
true picture of the actual distribution. Along large parts of the south-coast, as well
as of the north-coast, it seems to be wanting, but further investigations might prove
it to be found there, too. On suitable ground in the strand-meadows it is often
dominating in smaller or larger patches.
Life-form: H.
In saline meadows, in damp places on the sea shore.
Flor. VI—VIII; fr. mat. VIII.
Max. height: 23 cm; average: 12 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Nova Scotia to Rhode Island. Pacific coast.—Greenl. : W. 59°55'
—60°50'.—Eur. : Fær.; E.S.I. ; coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea
White Sea. Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya.—Asia: Arctic Coast; Sakhalin.
Puccinellia maritima X P■ retroflexa *borealis.
This presumed hybrid has been found in two places in Iceland, and samples are
kept in H.H. One is from Borg, W. (coll. H.J., 1905), the other from Broddanes,
N. (coll. H.J., 1897) ; the last cited specimen determined by O. R. Holmberg.
83. Puccinellia retroflexa (Curt.) Holmberg subsp. borealis Holmberg,
Botan. Notiser, 1926, p. 182.
Poa distans, Gliemann, 1824, p. 137.—Sclerochloa distans, Bab., 1871, p. 344.—
Glyceria distans Wg. ( ? et G. Borreri Bab.), Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 129.—
Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 56.—Puccinellia retrojlexa (Curt.) Holmb.,
Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 63.-—G. distans (L.) Wg., C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902,