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See. des Sc. Nat. de IN'eucbater (vol. v. p. 449). He was chiefly 

 occupied with the study of ornithology, and I fear that but little 

 confidence can be placed in his list of plants. 



In 1861 Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay drew up his "Tlora of Ice- 

 land," and published it in the * Edinb. New Philos. Journal ' of that 

 year. He did not gather many phanerogamous plants, on account 

 of his attention being chiefly devoted to the cryptogamic products 

 of the island, and has founded his list of the former upon the 

 works of his predecessors. Unfortunately he omitted to mark 

 the plants resting upon his own authority, but has most kindly 



presented all his specimens to my herbarium ; and their localities 

 are recorded in my list. 



At almost exactly the same time MM. Preyer and Zirkel 

 printed a list of plants in their ' Eeise nach Island,' They in- 

 clude a great many of Vahl's "possible" plants, and do not 

 inform us of their authority for doing so, but seem, in some 

 cases, to have followed Lindsay's list, of which they had a copy 

 at the time when their book was being printed. They also 

 give a catalogue of useful and ornamental plants noticed by 

 them in their rather extended tour from Eeykjavik to the 

 Gey sirs, the river Thjorsa near Hekla, Myvatn, and through 

 the northern districts to Hrutafjord, and back by Kalmannstunga 

 to Eeykjavik. 



In the summer of 1861, Mr. E. T. Holland made a very long 

 tour round the southern, eastern, and much of the northern 

 coasts. Of this an account will be found in the ^ Peaks, Passes, 

 and G-laciers ' of the Alpine Club (ser. 2, ed. Kennedy). To that 

 account I appended a catalogue of the plants gathered by him. 

 He does not profess to be a botanist, but made his valuable col- 

 lection at my request. 



In the same summer of 1861, Mr. Isaac Carroll, a well- 

 known botanist, resident at Cork, visited part of the north coast 

 about Akreyri, and also the Geysirs. He kindly submitted his 

 plants to my examination ; and the result is incorporated in this 

 catalogue. 



In August, 1862, Dr. A. Leared visited Iceland and obtained 

 some plants. He is not a botanist, but picked up such speci- 

 mens as attracted his attention in the south-western part of the 

 country. He also allowed me to catalogue his plants, and to 

 incorporate the information derived from them with that which 

 I already possessed. He obtained a few specimens from two 



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