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Dwarf Grass Wrack or Sea Wrack is the only 

 name. 



The leaves of the larger species have been used 

 for packing glass and china, stuffing cushions in 

 Venice. In some places the leaves have been used as 

 manure. 



ZosTERA NANA. — In Fig, 107 the habit of the plant 

 is showfif also the long ribbon-like leaves. 



Holly-leaved Naias (Naias marina). 



In the first Greek name the aquatic habitat of this 

 plant is indicated, and the second or specific name 

 refers to its marine predilections. The English name 

 specially refers to the character of the foliage. 



Being like the last, a maritime plant, the Holly- 

 leaved Naias is found near the coast, and grows in 

 Hickling Broad, Norfolk. In plant-beds of early age 

 two species, Naias minor and N. graminea, have been 

 found by Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S. The last has 

 been found also in a canal at Redditch, Lancashire, 

 where it was possibly introduced with foreign 

 (Egyptian) corn, being found in the Mediterranean 

 area, and in the Tropics in the Old World. The 

 former occurs in Europe and Asia as a recent species. 



Broads in Norfolk constitute the only British type 

 of habitat, where it is found in the aquatic formation 

 in the submerged-leaf association. 



This plant has more or less the Pondweed habit 



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