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at least two different types may be distinguished in the Icelandic material of this
plant kept in the Botanical Museum in Copenhagen.
Life-form : H.
On grassy slopes and herb-slopes; on heaths.
Flor. V—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 35 cm; average: 15 cm.
Geogr. area: Greenl. : E. about 65°37'—66°18'.—Eur.: Fær. ; Norway from S. to
N. Sweden southward to the lake Vánern, Finland, Kola peninsula, southward to
lake Ladoga, mts. of central Eur.
256. Alchemilla alpina Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 123.
K. & M., 1770, p. 205.—Babington, 1871, p. 302.-—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 26.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 134.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 151.—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 91.
Flora Dan. tab. 49.
Icelandic: Ljónslappi, Brennigras Danish : Bjerg-Lovefod. English: Alpine Lady’s
Mantle.
Common in all parts, in the lowland as well as the central highland; often high
up in the hills.
Life-form: H. (Ch).
On dry slopes, in rocky places, fell-field, heath-moors, snow-patches.
Flor. VI—VII ; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 30 cm ; average: 8 cm.
Gcogr. area : Greenl.: W. 60°—67°15'. E. 60°—68°33'.—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.;
Scandinavia, Finland, Kola; Black Forest; Karpathians and southward to the
Mediterranean.—Asia Minor.
Alchemilla arvensis (Linn.) Scop. (Syn. Aþhanes arvensis L.).
Lindsay, 1861, p. 29.—Pr. & Z., 1862, p. 368.—Babington, 1871, p. 302.
This species is recorded in Lindsay’s and Preyer & Zirkel’s lists, loc. cit. ; Ba-
bington doubts its being found in Iceland, and it is not altogether probable that it
would grow there. It should be excluded from the Icelandic flora.
257. Alchemilla faeroensis (Lge.) Buser, in Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse. IV
(1894) p. 58.
A. conjuncta Bab., Strömfelt, 1884, p. 113.—Bennet, 1886, p. 69.—A. ftssa
Schurn. var. faeroensis Lge., Rostrup, 1887, p. 173.—Bennet, 1890, p. 79.—
A. faeroensis (Lge.) Buser, Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 135.—Ibid.,
ed. 2, 1924, p. 151.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 91.—Steindórsson, 1935, p. 45.—
Idcm, 1937, p. 38.
Flora Dan. tab. 2101 (A. fissa Schum.).
Icelandic: Maríuvöttur.
The first specimens of this plant seem to have been collectcd in Iccland at
Scyðisfjörður (specimens in Ól. Davíðsson’s collection). Cp. Rostrup, loc. cit. In
E. it is found in many places and is even frequent in some tracts. In S. it is found
at Ilornafjörður in a good many localities. One isolated locality is recorded by