No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 45 



Occasional in salt or brackish water along the coast, and 

 in the Housatonic River northward as far as New Milford 

 ( C. K. Averill ) . July — Sept. 



ZOSTERA L. Grass Wrack. Eel Grass. 



Zostera marina L. (of the sea). 

 Eel Grass. 



Common along the coast in bays, salt rivers and creeks, 

 growing on muddy or sandy bottoms. July — Sept. 



Extensively used by farmers as a fertilizer. 



NAJAS L. Naiad. 



Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt (flexible). 

 Frequent. Ponds and slow streams. July — Sept. 



Najas gracillima (A. Br.) Magnus (very slender). 

 Najas indica Cham., var. gracillima A. Br. 



Rare or local. In ponds: East Lyme and Lyme (Graves), 

 Stafford (Bissell), Milford, Bridgeport and Newtown 

 (Eames), Danbury (Eames & C. C. Godfrey). July — Sept. 



JUNCAGINACEAE. ARROW GRASS FAMILY. 



SCHEUCHZERIA L. 



Scheuchzei-ia palustris L. (of marshes). 



Rare. Cool sphagnum bogs: South Windsor (Weath- 

 erby), Burlington (J. N. Bishop), East Granby (M. Hitch- 

 cock), Bethany and Woodbury (Harger), Litchfield (A. L. 

 Train), Sahsbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps & Bissell). June — July. 



TRIGLOCHIN L. Arrow Grass. 



Triglochin maritima L. (of the sea). 



Frequent in salt marshes along the coast. June — Aug. 



ALISMACEAE. WATER PLANTAIN FAMILY. 



SAGITTARIA L. Arrow-head. 



Sagittaria longirostra (M. Micheli) J. G. Smith (long-beaked). 

 Rare. Groton, swampy border of pond (Harger). July — 

 Sept. 



