212 REV. F. A. WALKER, D.D., F.L.S., ETC., 
rarer than its Icelandic congener, E. Scheuchzeri above men- 
tioned. There, too, a guide, who was awaiting the arrival of 
an English gentleman from the north, pointed me out some 
young plants of the celebrated Iceland moss, and I after- 
wards found others for myself, but not many, however, and it 
may have been somewhat early in the season for its full 
development. As the naturalist descends the deep declivity 
of the Allmanaggyja, he will observe another well-known 
friend, namely, Geum rivale, flourishing in its rocky clefts; 
and as he proceeds along his route to the Geysir he may dis- 
mount to gather other lovely flowers, as Geranium sylvaticum, 
and Orchis maculata, on the damp banks beneath the birch 
and willow scrub. He will carefully treasure Epilobium 
alsinifolium and palustre as well as Platanthera hyperborea, 
as a souvenir of the islands of moraine encircled by stream- 
lets hard by, where the Skyrlandsa issues from its gloomy 
gorge. The last-named orchis (Platanthera) flourishes 
likewise in the grassy plain that has to be traversed just 
before reaching Geysir hill. While making this expedition 
he must also look out for that largest and loveliest of the 
willow herbs, Epilobium montanum. And as regards the 
flora of other districts of the island, Galum boreale and 
sylvestre will be discovered in the immediate vicinity of 
Hafnafjord; Viola tricolor is to be seen for the first time 
along the coast road that reaches trom Akureyri to Oddeyni, 
and its shark oil factory. Saxifraga cespitosa flourishes 
abundantly hard by the ravines of chalybeate soil which 
form the approach to Krisuvik. The novel appearance of 
Poa alpina ZL. f. vivipara, a truly arctic species of grass, will 
arrest the attention of the visitor to the banks adjacent to 
the shore at Reykafjord. And, to conclude, though not to 
complete, the present list, he will have a pleasurable recollee- 
tion of Seydisfjord, Eskefjord, &c., on the Eastern coast, 
owing to the occurrence in these places of Saxifraga hirculus, 
Oxyria digyna, Campanula rotundifolia, Gentiana campestris, 
as well as its white variety, and many more. 
List OF PLANTS OBTAINED IN ICELAND. 
By the Rev. F. A. Wanker, D.D., F.L.S., in the Summer of 188) 
(with their Icelandic names where known), 
1. Thalictrum alpinum, Z., Velindisurt, Krossgras. Jipomem Brjostagras 
Kverkagras. 
. Ranunculus acris, Z., Brenuisdley. 
. Arabis petreea, Z., var. hispida, DC. 
. Cardamine pratensis, Z., Engkarse Hlaupbladka Lambaklukka. 
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