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Naias major, All. 153. ex parte Pancratium tortuosum, Herb.
Southern Arabia Mabel Bent
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(_Naias_), or sometimes partially floating (_Potomogeton_).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The cat-tail (_Typha_) and bur-reed (_Sparganium_) (Fig. 86, _I_, _L_) are common representatives of the family _Typhaceæ_, and the pond-weeds (_Naias_ and _Potomogeton_) are common examples of the family _Naiadeæ_.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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After hesitating for some time which of her numerous collections would be most agreeable -- whether Babylonian Dercetis changed to a fish or her daughter to a dove, or Naias, who by magic transformed young men to fishes, or the tree the berries of which were formerly white, but turned to purple by being stained with blood -- she preferred the last in consequence of its being little known.
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The American element is represented by the Pipe-wort, which is common, and the little water plant, _Naias flexilis_, which grows near Roundstone.
The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Robert Lloyd Praeger 1909
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Aponogeton, _ three species of _Potamogeton, _ two of _Naias, Chara_ and _Zannichellia_ (the two latter indifferently, and often together, used in the refinement of sugar).
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Ford Unveils Three Concept Vehicles, F-series Super Duty Pickup at the 2007 Naias
RV Full Time Living. RV News, Tips and Information admin 2010
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