Scirpus palustris. lacustris. cæspitosus. setaceus. Eriophorum polystachion.-Of the pappus of this plant the natives make wicks for their lamps. vaginatum. capitatum. Hoppe. (vol. i. p. 178.) alpinum. Aira cæspitosa. flexuosa. montana. subspicata. alpina. aquatica. præcox. Holcus odoratus. Said to be used by the Icelanders to perfume their apart ments and their clothes. Sesleria cærulea, Poa pratensis. compressa. annua. angustifolia. glauca.-Both this and the following species are far from uncommon cœsia. in Iceland. Festuca ovina. rubra. elatior. fluitans. duriuscula, Festuca vivipara. (vol. 1. p. 320.) Epigejos. arenaria. Elymus arenarius.-(vol. 11. p. 226.) The seeds are occasionally made into a Koenigia islandica. (vol. 1. p. 152 and 191.) IV. TETRANDRIA. 1. MONOGYNIA. Scabiosa succisa.-The Icelandic names for this plant, Pukabit and Dievelsbid, have both the same signification as our Devil's bit. Galium verum. palustre. Mollugo. pusillum. boreale. Plantago major. Plantago lanceolata. maritima. alpina.-This I recollect seeing, in some plenty, at Thingevalle, and I have since received specimens from Sir George Mackenzie and Mr. Paulsen. Coronopus. Sanguisorba officinalis. Alchemilla vulgaris. alpina. III. TETRAGYNIA. Potamogeton natans. marinum. compressum. crispum. perfoliatum. pectinatum. pusillum. Sagina procumbens. Tillæa aquatica. V. PENTANDRIA. 1. MONOGYNIA. Myosotis scorpioides. a and B. Pulmonaria maritima. Echium vulgare. Primula farinosa. Menyanthes trifoliata.-This plant is important to travellers who are not acquainted with the route in the morasses; for they are well aware that wheresoever it grows they may safely pass; its closely woven roots making a firm bed upon the soft subsoil. The Icelanders call it Reidinga, and employ the matted tufts to prevent the saddle or any load from chafing the horses' backs. Azalea procumbens. patula. Viola canina. tricolor. palustris. Glaux maritima. II. DIGYNIA Gentiana campestris. amarella. nivalis. |