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work. He expresses doubts concerning its really belonging to 

 this genuSj having seen no fructification. He says, "L. surculis 

 simplicissimis erectis compressis, foliis complicatis carinatis acutis 

 alternis distiche imbricatis. Confertim nascitur et densis csespi- 

 tibus obtegit rupes," &c. IN'o locality is mentioned for it. No suc- 

 ceeding author seems to have identified it. It was probably a 

 state or variety of one of the known species. I am inclined to 

 think that it may have been X. complanatum .~\ 



447. L. Selago, Linn, — K. 



Ascends to the perpetual snow, Mk. Breidabolstad, St, Stirts- 

 helhr, Hd. ! Hafnarfjord, S. ! Husavik, T. Sf G. 



448. Selaginella spinulosa. A- Br, — JT. 



Lycopodium selaginoides, Linn, 



Reykjavik, B. Hafnarfjord, S. ! Oroefa Jokul, Hd. ! Thingvellir, C. 



Copse by Laugarvatn, B. G. ! SeidesQord, Sy, \ Rangarvalla, Mlc, 



Briamsloek, St. 



449. CRYPTOGRAAfME CRISPA, R, Br.— V. 



Vahl marks this as certainly found. He is the only authority 

 for it, except Lindsay. 



450. PoLYPODiUM VULGARE, Linn. 



HafnarQord, 5. ! Almannagja, JB. G. In a cave or grotto near Midair, 

 to the left of the road to the Gevsirs, Ld, ! 



451. P. Phegopteris, Linn. — K. 

 Garde-hraun, Almannagja, B. 



452. P, Dryopteris, Linn. — JT. 

 Garde-hraun, B, In a wood by Borgjarfjord, H. 



453. P. alpestre, Hoppe* 

 Stad under Snaefell, St. 



454. WooDSiA Ilvensis, R. Br. — C. 



Garde-hraun, B. HafnarQord, 51 Selsund, Hd. Almannagja, C ! 



455. W. HYPERBOREA, R. Br. — H. 



Hooker records this as plentiful a " few miles to the south '* 

 of Reykjavik ; also as growing in the Almannagja. Unfortunatelj 

 his specimens were lost. Krabbe gathered it in Iceland; and 

 there is a specimen from him at Copenhagen, but without anj 

 exact locality. 



456. Lastrea Thelypteris, Presl. — K. 



All the lists include this fern ; and Vahl alone expresses any 

 doubt about its really being a native- According to Fries, it 



