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west Iceland, so that a locality east of 16° and north of 65° is placed in northeast Iceland, 
one between 16° and 20° and north of 65° in norih-central Iceland, one west of 20° and 
north of 65° in northwest Iceland, and similarly with those south of 65°. 
The more common nouns occurring in Icelandic titles are the following: fiédrunyjungar, 
floral novelties; fundarstadir, localities; grédrarsaga, history of the vegetation; gr6ddur, 
vegetation; grédurlysingar, description of the vegetation; grédurrannsdéknir, investigations 
of the vegetation; grédurriki, vegetation, vegetable kingdom; hapléntufléra, flora of vascular 
plants; jurtir, plants; pléntuskra, pliant catalog; sledingar, adventives. 
General 
Davidsson, Ingélfur, and Oskarsson, Ingimar. Gardagroédur adallega i 
Reykjavik, Hafnarfirdi og 4 Akureyri. [Garden plants chiefly in R., H., and 
A.] 450 p. 300 fig., pls. (pt. col.). 24cm. Reykjavik, 1950. 
Lists of species for various purposes, etc.; descriptive treatment of 602 
ornamental plants (including woody plants) of which 90 are native, with 
keys and vernacular names; bibliography. 
Grontved, Johannes. The Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta of Iceland. 
In Groéntved, J., Paulsen, O., and Sgrensen, T., eds. The botany of Iceland. 
v. 4, pt. 1. 427 p. 177 fig. (incl. maps). 26.5 ecm. Copenhagen, London, 
1942. 
Botanical explorations, condensed bibliography, topography, geology, soils, 
climate, vegetational types, altitudinal ranges, botanical districts; annotated 
list of known vascular plants (622 species, of which 108 are Hieracium 
and 116 Taraxacum), with local references, vernacular names (Icelandic, 
Danish, and English), local and extralimital range, life form, habitat, maxi- 
mum and average size, notes on uses, and critical notes; bibliography, 
indices of vernacular and botanical names. Replaces the following earlier 
floras: Lindsay, W. L. The flora of Iceland. Edinburgh New Phil. Jour. 
n.s., 14: 64-101. 1861. Babington, C. C. A revision of the flora of Iceland. 
Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 11: 282-848. 1870. Grenlund, C. H. Islands flora... 
2 pl, 159 p. 20 em. Kjebenhavn, 1881. (Gray Herbarium library.) 
Stromfelt, H. F. G. Islands kdrlvaxter . .. Ofvers. K. Vetensk. Akad. 
Forhandl. 41 (8): 79-124. 1885.—See also Steindérsson, Steindér. Grddur- 
rannsoknir fslands Ji. Nattirufredingurinn 13: 24-48. 4 fig. (maps). 
1943. (Includes list of 143 vascular plants entitled Florunyjungar 1925- 
1940, and bibliography.)—-Also Oskarsson, Ingimar. Grdédurrannsdéknir. 
prjatiu ara yfirlit. l.c. 13: 1381-152. 1 fig. 1943. (Includes list of localities 
visited by author and list of noteworthy species.)—-Also Steindorsson, S. 
Florunyjungar 1944. l.c. 14: 69-74. 1944—Also his Flérunyjungar 1948. 
le. 19: 110-121. 1949.—Also Léve, Askell. Some innovations and nomen- 
clatural suggestions in the Icelandic flora. Bot. Notiser 1950: 24-60. 19 
fig. (maps). 1950. (General remarks on the flora; critical notes on 21 
genera or species; bibliography.)—Also Davidsson, Ingélfur. Nokkrir 
fundarstadir jurta 4 Austurlandi. Natttrufredingurinn 20: 58-60. 1950. 
(Notes on 55 species from the east coast.)—Also Oskarsson, I. Nyjungar 
ur grodurriki Islands. l.c. 24: 22-30. 3 fig. 1954; 26: 102-104. 1956.— 
Also Davidsson, I. Nokkrir fundarstadir fremur fagetra jurta. l.c. 24: 
31-35. 1954-—Also Jénasson, Helgi. Ad austan. le. 25: 36-39. 1955.— 
Also Davidsson, I. Nokkrir nyir fundarstadir jurta. l.c. 25: 839-40. 1955. 
—Also Steindérsson, S. Flo6runyjungar 1955. 1.c. 26: 25-31. 1956.—Also 
records by various authors of single or few species new to Iceland in 
Natturufredingurinn 17: 22, 164-174. 1947; 19: 186, 185-188. 1949; 20: 
187-189. 1950; 21: 91-93, 178-175. 1951; 22: 181-182, 1838. 1952; 23: 138- 
142. 19538; 26: 26-31, 99-101, 140-141. 1956. 
Halldérsson, Bjorn. Gras-nytiar eda gagn bat, sem hvorr btiiandi madr 
getr haft af beim 6sanum villi-jurtum, sem vaxa i land-eign hanns handa 
fafr6dum btiendum og gridmgnnum 4 Islandi skrifat Arid 1781. [Useful 
grasses, or the use every farmer may have of the unsown wild plants which 
grow on his land—for unlearned peasants and country workers in Iceland 
written 1781.] 5 p.l., 238 p., indices. 16 cm. Kaupmannahefn, 1783. 
(Harvard College library.) 
List of vascular and cellular plants, alphabetically arranged by Icelandic 
vernacular names, with scientific names, vernacular names in Norwegian, 
Danish, and German, notes on uses, etc. Author’s name not on title page, 
but signed to dedication at end of volume. 
