The Botany of Iceland - 01.12.1942, Blaðsíða 288

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JOHS. GRONTVED
Life-form: H.
In herb-slopes, home-fields, grassy fields, sandy soil.
Flor. VII—VIII; fr. mat. (VIII).
Max. height: 45 cm; average: 25 cm.
Geogr. area: Am. : Throughout N. Am., from Newfoundland to Brit. Columbia,
southward to Idaho and Kentucky.—Greenl.: W. (introduced) Igaliko (60°59')
and Qagssiarssuk (61°8').—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; from northernmost Eur. south-
ward.—Asia: Western and northern Asia to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Japan, south-
ward to Turkestan.—N. Africa.
Vicia hirsuta (L.) S. F. Gray.
Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 140.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 159.—O. & Gr.,
1934, p. 94.
This species is no doubt accidentally introduced; it has been found in two
localities in N.: Sauðárkrókur (G.M., 1893), and at Akureyri (coll. I.Ó., 1930).—
The specimens collected at Sauðárkrókur have ripe pods (collected on Septem-
ber 5th).
Vicia sativa Linn.
Strömfelt, 1884, p. 114.—Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 140.—Ibid., ed. 2,
1924, p. 159.—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 94.
Accidentally introduced; found in two places only: outside Reykjavík, S.W.
(H.S., loc. cit.), and at Kornsá, S. (St.St., 1889).
280. Vicia sepium Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 737.
Babington, 1871, p. 301.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 20.—Stefánsson, Fl. Isl.,
ed. 1, 1901, p. 141.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 159,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 94.
Flora Dan. tab. 699.
Icelandic: Giljaflækja. Danish : Gærde-Vikke. English : Bush Vetch, Hedge Vetch,
Crow-Pea.
Very rare in Iceland, only found in a few places south of Mýrdalsjökull, and at
Gilsbakki, W. A specimen without locality found by Steenstrup, is also kept in H.H.
The plant from Gilsbakki, collected on July 18th, is in flower, and the same is the
case with a specimen from Höfðabrekka, collected on August lst. See fig. 120.
It is impossible to tell with
certainty if this species is really
a native of Iceland, but it may
probably be so. The nature of
the localities in S. Icel. is very
suggestive of its being indigenous
to the flora.
Life-form: H.
In herb-slopes.
Flor. VII—VIII; fr. mat. (?).
Max. height: 42 cm; average:
24 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: Maine to On-
tario (adventive from Europe).—
Eur. : Fær. ; E.S.I. ; from northern
Fig. 120. Vicia sepium L.