Of these, Hydrilla verticillata, Ptamogeton crispus, Vallisneria spiralis, Potamogeton matainus, and Lemna spp. are considered to be good feed for grass carp. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
By the use of their wings they have access to each other on different branches or on different vegetables, and by living upon honey probably acquire a higher degree of animation, and thus seem to resemble the anthers of flowers, which probably are supported by honey only, and thence acquire greater sensibility; see Note on Vallisneria, l. 280 of this Canto. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
I am acquainted with a philosopher, who contemplating this subject thinks it not impossible, that the first insects were the anthers or stigmas of flowers; which had by some means loosed themselves from their parent plant, like the male flowers of Vallisneria; and that many other insects have gradually in long process of time been formed from these; some acquiring wings, others fins, and others claws, from their ceaseless efforts to procure their food, or to secure themselves from injury. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
Celery, Water Vallisneria americana 91, 116. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Vallisneria, of the class of dioecia. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
Anthers of Vallisneria float to the Stigmas. From Wordnik.com. [Canto II] Reference
Anthers of Vallisneria float to the Stigmas 279. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
Vallisneria. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Red Lamp] Reference
Art. Vallisneria. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
Note on Vallisneria. From Wordnik.com. [Canto II] Reference
Male-flowers of Vallisneria. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
A little too far north for Vallisneria. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9] Reference
"Vallisneria.". From Wordnik.com. [Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin] Reference
280 Vallisneria. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference
"And your research on Vallisneria?". From Wordnik.com. [Round the Red Lamp] Reference
"I have my duties -- my research on Vallisneria. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Red Lamp]
Potamogeton crispus, Vallisneria spiralis, Najas marina. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Vallisneria spiralis, Ludvigia repens, Nomaphila stricta, Ceratopteris thalictroides?. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
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