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THE PTERIDOPHYTA AND SPERMATOPHYTA OF ICELAND
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Geogr. area: Am.: Labrador and the Arctic Archipelago to Alaska, southward to
British Columbia and Manitoba.—Greenl.: W. 60°—about 73°. E. 60°—74°25'.—
Eur. : Northern Scandinavia, Finland and Russia.—Asia: Arctic eastern Asia and
Kamchatka.
Antennaria dioica Gaertn.
Gnaphalium dioicum, Olafsen & Povelsen, 1772, p. 430, Gliemann, 1824, p. 146.—
A. dioica Gaertn., Babington, 1871, p. 313.
According to Olafsen & Povelsen, loc. cit., this species has been found between
Þorskafjörður and Þingmannaheiði, and Gliemann, loc. cit., records it without
comment. According to Babington there is a specimen of this plant in Solander’s
collection in the British Museum. Most likely the specimens in question are Gna-
phalium supinum, and it may be safer to exclude A. dioica from the Icelandic
Flora.
Anthemis arvensis Linn.
Helgi Jónsson, 1896, p. 352.—Idem, 1899, p. 172.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901,
p. 192.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 218,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 140.
Accidentally introduced; found in some few places near farmsteads: Papós,
S.E.; Haugar in Skriðdalur, and Eiðar, E. ; Hvammur, in Dalasýsla, W.—Specimens
from Papós, Haugar and Eiðar are kept in H.H. and H.R.
Anthemis Cotula Linn.
Preyer & Zirkel, 1861, p. 364.—Baring-Gould, 1863, p. 429.—Babington, 1871,
p. 312.
First recorded by Preyer & Zirkel, loc. cit., without locality; Baring-Gould
records it from Mývatn. No specimens are in evidence, and it is doubtful whether
this species has actually been found in Iceland.
Anthemis tinctoria Linn.
Found in a meadow at Kollugerði west of Akureyri (J.Li., 1938). An accidental
introduction.
Artemisia vulgaris Linn.
Babington, 1871, p. 313.
This species is entered in Babington’s list, loc. cit., after Solander’s catalogue
“Flora Islandica”. Solander declares that he has seen a specimen in Povelsen’s her-
barium. It must have been an accidentally introduced specimen, and no other
authors mention it.
Bellis perennis Linn.
Bennet, 1886, p. 69.—Babington, 1871, p. 312.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901,
p. 192.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 218,—Idem, 1919, p. 43,—O. & Gr., 1934, p. 138.
Introduced, cultivated in gardens, and here and there occurring as a garden
escape. Found in a few places in N., and in one place in E. Babington, loc. cit.,
mentions specimens in Symington’s collection taken at Seyðisfjörður; presumably
these have been cultivated plants. H.H. contains a specimen labelled: “Skaga-
fjörður, P. Pálson, ded. M. Halldórsson Friðriksson”. Stefánsson, 1919, loc. cit.,
also mentions a locality outside the home-field at the farm Eyrarland near Akureyri,
where it had grown for years. In Iceland it cannot be regarded as naturalized.
In the Færoes it is rather common.
Carduus acanthoides Linn.
Gliemann, 1824, p. 146.—Vahl, 1840, p. 373.-—Babington, 1871, p. 314.
Recorded by Gliemann, loc. cit., regarded by Vahl and Babington as doubtful.
It should be excluded from the Icelandic Flora.