i66 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Middle District— Camden, mouth of Cooper's Creek (UP). Westville, 

 Repaupo (H), Mickleton (H), Salem. 



Coa.sJ 5*n/>.—Takanassee Lake (Elberon?) (UP), Silver Lake, Belmar. 



Najas gracillima (A. Br.). Slender Water Nymph. 



Nais Indica var. gracillima "A. Br." Engelm. in A. Gray Man., Ed. 5. 681. 

 1867 [Albany, N. Y., Woburn, Mass., and Missouri] .—Britton 259. 



Apparently restricted to ponds and creeks of western New 



Jersey. 



Fr. — Mid- July into September. 



Middle District— Delanco, Mouth of Cooper's Creek, Palatine, Woodstown 

 (NB). 



ZOSTERA L. 



Zostera marina L. Eel Grass. 



Zostera marina Linnzeus, Sp. PL 968. 1753 [Baltic Sea and Atlantic Ocean]. — 

 Nuttall Genera II. 201, 1818.— Knieskern 30.— Willis 59. — Britton 259.— 

 Keller an " Brown 24. 



Common in bays all along the coast. Information is lacking 

 as to its occurrence on the Delaware Bay shore. The long ribbon- 

 like leaves are washed up on the shores of the bays and on the 

 salt marshes in large masses, termed "Grass-wrack" by the 

 fishermen. Of late years this is carefully dried and shipped to 

 manufacturers of glassware, etc., to be used as packing. 



Fl. and Fr. — Seen only during June. 



Maritime. — Seaside Park (S), Spray Beach (L), N. Beach Haven (L), 

 Beach Haven Terrace (L), Tucker's (L), Atlantic City (H), Ocean City 

 (S), Cape May (P). 



Family SCHEUCHZERIACE^. Arrow-grass, Etc. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Leaves all basal, flowers in a terminal spike. Triglochin, p. 166 



aa. Leaves scattered on the stem, flowers in a loose raceme. 



Scheuchseria, p. 167 

 TRIGLOCHIN L. 

 Triglochin marltima L. Seaside Arrowgrass. 



Triglochin maritima Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 339. 1753 [Coast of Europe] .—Willis 

 60. — Britton 256. — Keller and Brown 24. 



Edge of salt marshes in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. I 

 am not aware of the exact locality in Monmouth County from 



