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_Stratiotes aloides_ has been said to produce its carpels with greater abundance towards the northern limits of its geographical distribution, and its stamens, on the other hand, are stated to be more frequently developed in more southern districts.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Holostea (greater stitchwort); also Parietaria Officinalis (wall pellitory), not yet in bloom, and in a pond Stratiotes Aloides (water soldier) in great abundance.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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_Stratiotes chiliophullos _of the Greek botanists, by whom it was valued as an excellent astringent and vulnerary.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Hatfield Park is our only locality for the water-soldier (_Stratiotes aloides_) except where it has evidently been planted.
Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901
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When still water above a yard deep is left undisturbed, aquatic plants of various genera, such as Nuphar, Nymphaea, Limnanthemum, Stratiotes, Polygonum, and Potamogeton, fill the bottom with roots and cover the surface with leaves.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874
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Nuttie, waking from her trance of stiff displeasure, came plump in with 'Oh! and there's a water-soldier, a real Stratiotes aculeatus in your lake.
Nuttie's Father Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Limnanthemum, Stratiotes, Polygonum, and Potamogeton, fill the bottom with roots and cover the surface with leaves.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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Bemerkungen iiber Stratiotes und Saggitoria, von E.F. Nolte,
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