Vallisneria

• “Of these, Hydrilla verticillata, Ptamogeton crispus, Vallisneria spiralis, Potamogeton matainus, and Lemna spp. are considered to be good feed for grass carp.”

  Chapter 6

• “A similar tendency is manifested in the flower-stalks, as in _Cyclamen_ and _Vallisneria_, and the whole inflorescence, as in”

  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants

• “Among the Ducks, the Canvas-Back is found; but, owing to the want of its favorite food in the Chesapeake, the _Vallisneria_, it is, in our waters, a very ordinary duck, as an article of food.”

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator

• “(_Vallisneria_) are very common in stagnant or slow-running water.”

  Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses

• “_J_, male inflorescence of eel-grass (_Vallisneria_), × 1.”

  Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses

• “The female flowers (_H_, _L_) are comparatively large, especially in _Vallisneria_, and are borne on long stalks, by means of which they reach the surface of the water, where they expand and are ready for pollination.”

  Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses

• “The _Vallisneria_, or Tape-Grass, common in all our ponds, is essential to every fresh-water tank.”

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861

• “Screw-like stems with wide spirals are specific in the flower-stalks of _Cyclamen_ and _Vallisneria_, varietal in _Juncus effusus spiralis_ and accidental in _Scirpus lacustris_.”

  Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation

• “The stamens of a passion-flower do not more eagerly, as it seems, coil upwards to embrace the pistil; the beautiful stamina flower of the _Vallisneria spiralis_ does not more determinately seek its mate than these crystal pendants covet union with their fellows below.”

  Holidays in Eastern France

• “_Vallisneria spiralis_ (or tape-grass), _Callitriche verna_ (or water-starwort), and _Anacharis alsinastrum_ (or water-thyme)?”

  St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9

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