The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Side 158

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and Russia ; Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen, Central Eur. mts.; Pyrenees, Caucasus.—
Asia: Siberia, Yenisei, Manchuria, Altai.
B. Vigneae (Pal. Beauv.) Nees.
92. Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir., Encyclop. méthod., Suppl. III,
1813, p. 286.
Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 35.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 39.—C.H.O.,
Fl. arct., 1902, p. 56,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 35.
Flora Dan. tab. 2973 (C. vitilis Fr.).
Icelandic: Línstör. English : Brownish Sedge.
Seems to be very rare in Iceland. H.H. contains specimens from only three
localities, all in N., viz. Þönglabakki in Þorgeirsfjörður, Grjótnes on Melrakkasljetta,
and Skútustaðir at Mývatn. Furthermore it is recorded by Ing. Óskarsson (1933,
p. 41) as found west of Kálfárborg in Bárðardalur, N. (1927). One locality in W.,
Hreðavatn in Mýrasýsla, is recorded by J. Lid, Oslo.
Life-form: H.
In bogs, on heathland.
Flor. (VII—VIII) ; fr. mat. VIII.
Max. height: 48 cm ; average: 30 cm.
Geogr. area: Northern N. Am. : Newfoundland, Quebec to Alaska, southwards to
Oregon, Colorado, Great Lakes.—Greenl. : W. 60°—67°. E. 64°—65°56'.—Eur. :
S.E.; Scandinavia, Estonia, centr. Eur. mts.—Asia: Northern Asia, Altai, Sakhalin,
Kamchatka, Japan.
93. Carex canescens Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 974.
K. & M., 1770, p. 210.— ? C. loliacea, Zoega, 1772, p. 10.—C. canescens L.,
Drejer, Revisio, 1841, p. 445.—C. curta Good., Babington, 1871, p. 338.—
C. canescens L., Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 112.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1,
1901, p. 35.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 39.—C.H.O., Fl. arct., 1902, p. 54,—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 34.
Flora Dan. tab. 285.
Icelandic : Blátoppastör. Danish : Kortkapslet Star. English : Grey Sedge.
Common in most parts of the lowland; it seems to be rare in the central parts,
being only recorded from Laugahraun and Kýlingar (S.S.).
f. tenuis Lge. is found at Þóroddsstaðir in Ólafsfjörður, N. (See St.St., 1924, p. 40).
Life-form: H.
On moist moors and grassy slopes.
Flor. VI—VII ; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 60 cm ; average: 26 cm.
Geogr. area: Am. : Labrador to Alaska, southward to Oregon, Colorado, Virginia.—
Greenl.: W. 60°—69°25'. E. 60°—63°32'.—Eur.: E.S.I.; northernmost Scandinavia
and Russia, southward to France. Caucasus.—Asia: From the mouth of Yenisei
southward to N. Mongolia, Korea, Asia Minor.—South Africa.—Australia: Victoria,
New S. Wales.