The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Blaðsíða 160

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fánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 34.—C. stellulata Good., Ibid., ed. 2, 1924,
p. 39,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 34.
Flora Dan. tab. 284.
Icelandic: ígulstör. Danish : Stjerneakset Star. English: Prickly Sedge.
In N. common in the parts around Eyjafjörður; in N.W. common around ísa-
fjörður, also recorded as frequent in the valleys on the south coast of Vestfirðir
(G.Þ., in mscr., 1939). Otherwise rather rare; recorded from one place only, in
S.W. and S. Not in the central highland. See fig. 53.
Fig. 53. Carex echinata Murr.
Life-form: H.
In bogs and marshes, on moist soil, on the banks of rivulets, on grassy slopes.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 37 cm ; average : 20 cm.
Geogr. area: Am. : Labrador and Newfoundland to Alaska and Unalaschka, south
to Maryland, Ohio, Michigan.—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; throughout Europe except in
the arctic parts.—Asia: Asia Minor, Syria, Japan, central China.—Afr.: Azores.—
Austr.: New S. Wales and Victoria, New Zealand.
97. Carex glareosa Wg., Vet. Akad. Handl., Stockh., XXIV (1803)
p. 146.
Drejer, Revisio, 1841, p. 443.—Bennet, 1886, p. 70.—Rostrup, 1887, p. 184.—
Stefánsson, Fl. tsl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 36.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 40.—C.H.O.,
Fl. arct., 1902, p. 58.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 34.
Flora Dan. tab. 2430.
Icelandic: Heigulstör. English : Gravel Sedge.
Rather common in the coastal land, N. and N.W., here and there in the other