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9-6-30 ???
McClennans found uprooted floating edge pond.
Poss. seedling Najas? or advena? Pond which grows in pond. Is rather similar in shape overall but thin & translucent, criniform edges to 13/4 x 1 1/2
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9-6-30 ? Sparganium augustifolium Michx.
Fr. (uncertain) McClennan's Pond. Lvs floating 20 in long x 4mm wide. Thick & rounded, (leaves placed?) below,
flat but firm above. Upper side green & white, lower side
grayish & pitted looking from reticulations. Cels are
single. Bracts with def perhaps "not conspicuous" occasions
fully margin. (a) 2 seeds 3: the lower axillary peduncul-
ed, the other 2 sessile on praxillary. (b) 2 seeds 2: the
lower pedunculed & joint axillary the ped is adequate
to at fr 1/2 in at raxil, the other sessile on praxillary.
Seeds (a x S.) 1-5cm wide. Stigma 1+mm, black but
looks more oblong than "linear" Achene pink from
microscopic dots at base, tapers to straighter seed
pts 1/2 line. Could this be S. augustifolium Michx &
69, Bv BI 75. Off with S. minimum Frics (9-13-30) v not the
same. Achene flatter plumper broader. Sealed very red
at base. Bracts barely dilated at base v without the seams
fully margin.
9-6-30 Potamogeton epihydrus Raf. V72, BvBI 77
Fr. McClennan's Pond. 20, end, Fr def. healed.