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THE PTERIDOPHYTA AND SPERMATOPHYTA OF ICELAND
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Flor. VII—VIII; fr. mat. (VIII).
Max. height: 65 cm; average: 30 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: N. Am. (naturalized), New Brunswick, New York, Ontario.—
Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I. ; from 70°21' in Scandinavia southward throughout Europe.—
Asia: Siberia from the polar circle to Transbaikal and Himalaya.—N. Africa;
Abyssinia.
Lotus corniculatus Linn.
Lotus, Olafsen & Povelsen, 1772, p. 945.—L. corniculatus, Mohr, 1786, p. 203.—
Babington, 1871, p. 301.—E. Rostrup, 1887, p. 172.—Bennet, 1890, p. 79.
Lotus was recorded by O. & P., loc. cit., but without locality and species name;
L. corniculatus was recorded by Mohr, and after him by some other authors (Vahl,
Hjaltalín, Rostrup and Bennet). Thus Rostrup records it from Hallbjamareyri on
Snæfellsnes W. (coll. Ó.D.) but no specimen is in evidence in H.H. It can scarcely
be regarded as a native of Iceland.
In the Færoes it occurs here and there on most of the islands.
Medicago luþulina Linn.
Babington, 1871, p. 301.—Bennet, 1886, p. 68.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901,
p. 140.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 158,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 96.
The plant in Solander’s collection, cp. Babington and Bennet, loc. cit., is not
M. luþulina but Trifolium minus, see foot note in Bennet, loc. cit. According to
Stefánsson (1924) a specimen of M. luþulina is found at Reykjavík (coll. T.T.).
Another specimen, collected by K. Zimsen at Hafnarfjörður, is kept in H.H. Not
naturalized in Iceland.
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
M. arvensis Wallr., Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 139.—M. offic. (L.) Lam.,
Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 157,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 95.
This species has been accidentally introduced, and is only found in some few
places in N.: Oddeyri (St.St., 1896), Stóra Borg (St.St., 1889); Kornsá (St.St.,
1889).
Melilotus albus Desv.
Rostrup, 1887, p. 172.—Bennet, 1890, p. 79.—Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901,
p. 139.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 157,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 95.
A specimen from Blönduós in N. (coll. A.F.) is preserved in H.H. It is doubtless
an introduction (cp. Bennet, loc. cit.).
Pisum arvense Linn.
Bennet, 1886, p. 68.—Strömfelt, 1884, p. 114.—E. Rostrup, 1887, p. 173.—Ste-
fánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 139.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 157.—O. & Gr.,
1934, p. 95.
Recorded from Eskifjörður, E. (Ó.D.) ; Svarfaðardalur, N. (Ó.D.) ; Eyrarbakki,
S. (Bennet, loc. cit.).
Cultivated and a casual escape from cultivation; only found around farmsteads
and by roadsides.
Pisum sativum Linn.
Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 139,—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 157.—O. & Gr.,
1934, p. 95.
Cultivated, and an accidental escape from cultivation near farmsteads. According
to Stefánsson, loc. cit., 1924, rarely flowering.