A Visit to Iceland [112]
1200 The teachers at the high school: The teacher of theology 800 The head assistant, besides free lodging 500 The second assistant 500 House-rent 50 The third assistant 500 House-rent 50 The resident at the school 170
LIST OF INVERTEBRATED ANIMALS collected in Iceland
1. CRUSTACEA.
Pagarus Bernhardus, Linnaeus.
2. INSECTA.
a. Coleoptera. Nebria rubripes, Dejean. Patrobus hyperboreus. Calathus melanocephalus, Fabr. Notiophilus aquaticus. Amara vulgaris, Duftsihm. Ptinus fur, Linn. Aphodius Lapponum, Schh. Otiorhynchus laevigatus, Dhl. Otiorhynchus Pinastri, Fabr. Otiorhynchus ovatus. Staphylinus maxillosus. Byrrhus pillula.
b. Neuroptera. Limnophilus lineola, Schrank.
c. Hymenoptera. Pimpla instigator, Gravh. Bombus subterraneus, Linn.
d. Lepidoptera. Geometra russata, Hub. Geom. alche millata. Geom. spec. nov.
e. Diptera. Tipula lunata, Meig. Scatophaga stercoraria. Musca vomitaria. Musca mortuorum. Helomyza serrata. Lecogaster islandicus, Scheff. {59} Anthomyia decolor, Fallin.
LIST OF ICELANDIC PLANTS collected by Ida Pfeiffer in the Summer of the year 1845
Felices. Cystopteris fragilis.
Equisetaceae. Equisetum Teltamegra.
Graminae. Festuca uniglumis.
Cyperaceae. Carea filiformis. Carea caespitosa. Eriophorum caespitosum.
Juncaceae. Luzula spicata. Luzula campestris.
Salicineae. Salix polaris.
Polygoneae. Remux arifolus. Oxyria reniformes.
Plumbagineae. Armeria alpina (in the interior mountainous districts).
Compositae. Chrysanthemum maritimum (on the sea-shore, and on marshy fields). Hieracium alpinum (on grassy plains). Taraxacum alpinum. Erigeron uniflorum (west of Havenfiord, on rocky soil).
Rubiaceae. Gallium pusillum. Gallium verum.
Labiatae. Thynus serpyllum.
Asperifoliae. Myosotis alpestris. Myosotis scorpioicles.
Scrophularineae. Bartsia alpina (in the interior north-western valleys). Rhinanthus alpestris.
Utricularieae. Pinguicula alpina. Pinguicula vulgaris.
Umbelliferae. Archangelica officinalis (Havenfiord).
Saxifrageae. Saxifraga caespitosa (the real Linnaean plant: on rocks round Hecla).
Ranunculaceae. Ranunculus auricomus. Ranunculus nivalis. Thalictrum alpinum (growing between lava, near Reikjavik). Caltha palustris.
Cruciferae. Draba verna. Cardamine pratensis.
Violariceae. Viola hirta.
Caryophylleae. Sagina stricta. Cerastium semidecandrum. Lepigonum rubrum. Silene maritima. Lychnis alpina (on the mountain-fields round Reikjavik).
Empetreae. Empetrum nigrum.
Geraniaceae. Geranium sylvaticum (in pits near Thingvalla).
Troseaceae. Parnassia palustris.
OEnothereae. Epilobium latifolium (in clefts of the mountain at the foot of Hecla). Epilobium alpinum (in Reiker valley, west of Havenfiord).
Rosaceae. Rubus arcticus. Potentilla anserina. Potentilla gronlandica (on rocks near Kallmanstunga and Kollismola). Alchemilla montana. Sanguisorba officinalis. Geum rivale. Dryas octopela (near Havenfiord).
Papilionaceae. Trifolium repens.
Footnotes:
{1} In this Gutenberg eText only Madame Pfeiffer's work appears-- DP.
{2} Madame Pfeiffer's first journey was to the Holy Land in 1842; and on her return from Iceland she started in 1846 on a "Journey round the World," from which she returned in the end of 1848. This adventurous lady is now (1853) travelling among the islands of the Eastern Archipelago.--ED.
{3} A florin is worth about 2s. 1d.; sixty kreutzers go to a florin.
{4} At Kuttenberg the first silver groschens were coined, in the year 1300. The silver mines are now exhausted, though other mines, of copper, zinc, &c. are wrought in the neighbourhood. The population is only half of what it once was.--ED.
{5} The expression of Madame Pfeiffer's about Frederick "paying his
LIST OF INVERTEBRATED ANIMALS collected in Iceland
1. CRUSTACEA.
Pagarus Bernhardus, Linnaeus.
2. INSECTA.
a. Coleoptera. Nebria rubripes, Dejean. Patrobus hyperboreus. Calathus melanocephalus, Fabr. Notiophilus aquaticus. Amara vulgaris, Duftsihm. Ptinus fur, Linn. Aphodius Lapponum, Schh. Otiorhynchus laevigatus, Dhl. Otiorhynchus Pinastri, Fabr. Otiorhynchus ovatus. Staphylinus maxillosus. Byrrhus pillula.
b. Neuroptera. Limnophilus lineola, Schrank.
c. Hymenoptera. Pimpla instigator, Gravh. Bombus subterraneus, Linn.
d. Lepidoptera. Geometra russata, Hub. Geom. alche millata. Geom. spec. nov.
e. Diptera. Tipula lunata, Meig. Scatophaga stercoraria. Musca vomitaria. Musca mortuorum. Helomyza serrata. Lecogaster islandicus, Scheff. {59} Anthomyia decolor, Fallin.
LIST OF ICELANDIC PLANTS collected by Ida Pfeiffer in the Summer of the year 1845
Felices. Cystopteris fragilis.
Equisetaceae. Equisetum Teltamegra.
Graminae. Festuca uniglumis.
Cyperaceae. Carea filiformis. Carea caespitosa. Eriophorum caespitosum.
Juncaceae. Luzula spicata. Luzula campestris.
Salicineae. Salix polaris.
Polygoneae. Remux arifolus. Oxyria reniformes.
Plumbagineae. Armeria alpina (in the interior mountainous districts).
Compositae. Chrysanthemum maritimum (on the sea-shore, and on marshy fields). Hieracium alpinum (on grassy plains). Taraxacum alpinum. Erigeron uniflorum (west of Havenfiord, on rocky soil).
Rubiaceae. Gallium pusillum. Gallium verum.
Labiatae. Thynus serpyllum.
Asperifoliae. Myosotis alpestris. Myosotis scorpioicles.
Scrophularineae. Bartsia alpina (in the interior north-western valleys). Rhinanthus alpestris.
Utricularieae. Pinguicula alpina. Pinguicula vulgaris.
Umbelliferae. Archangelica officinalis (Havenfiord).
Saxifrageae. Saxifraga caespitosa (the real Linnaean plant: on rocks round Hecla).
Ranunculaceae. Ranunculus auricomus. Ranunculus nivalis. Thalictrum alpinum (growing between lava, near Reikjavik). Caltha palustris.
Cruciferae. Draba verna. Cardamine pratensis.
Violariceae. Viola hirta.
Caryophylleae. Sagina stricta. Cerastium semidecandrum. Lepigonum rubrum. Silene maritima. Lychnis alpina (on the mountain-fields round Reikjavik).
Empetreae. Empetrum nigrum.
Geraniaceae. Geranium sylvaticum (in pits near Thingvalla).
Troseaceae. Parnassia palustris.
OEnothereae. Epilobium latifolium (in clefts of the mountain at the foot of Hecla). Epilobium alpinum (in Reiker valley, west of Havenfiord).
Rosaceae. Rubus arcticus. Potentilla anserina. Potentilla gronlandica (on rocks near Kallmanstunga and Kollismola). Alchemilla montana. Sanguisorba officinalis. Geum rivale. Dryas octopela (near Havenfiord).
Papilionaceae. Trifolium repens.
Footnotes:
{1} In this Gutenberg eText only Madame Pfeiffer's work appears-- DP.
{2} Madame Pfeiffer's first journey was to the Holy Land in 1842; and on her return from Iceland she started in 1846 on a "Journey round the World," from which she returned in the end of 1848. This adventurous lady is now (1853) travelling among the islands of the Eastern Archipelago.--ED.
{3} A florin is worth about 2s. 1d.; sixty kreutzers go to a florin.
{4} At Kuttenberg the first silver groschens were coined, in the year 1300. The silver mines are now exhausted, though other mines, of copper, zinc, &c. are wrought in the neighbourhood. The population is only half of what it once was.--ED.
{5} The expression of Madame Pfeiffer's about Frederick "paying his