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3. Najas minor All., Auct. Synop, Meth. Strip. Hort. Taur. 3. 1773. Boiss., Fl. Or. 5: 28. 1882; Hook. f., l.c. 569; de Wilde l.c. 164; Yuzepchuk l.c. 215; Dandy l.c. 2; Stewart, l.c. 24; Subramanyam l.c. 101; Dandy in Hara et al., Enum. Fl. Pl. Nep. 1: 95. 1978; Ma in Fl. Int. Mong. 7: 23. 1983.
RIZWAN Y. HASHMI & SAOOD OMER
Caulinia fragilis Willd.Najas fragilis (Willd.) DelileNajas indica Cham.Najas ternata Roxb. ex Griff.
Monoecious, dark green; stem lip to 25-30 cm long and up to 1 mm broad, profusely branched particularly in upper part, intemodes without spines. Leaves linear, 15-40 x 0.7-1.5 mm, serrulate to spinose-dentate with 7-25 teeth on each side, apex acute with 1-2 teeth, sometimes with some spines on the back of the midrib. Sheath 1.5-3 mm long as well as broad, short rounded-truncate or spinulose, with 5-8 teeth on each side. Male flowers: solitary, enclosed in a spathe, neck conical or cylindrical, anther 1-thecous. Female flower without spathe, often 2-3 together, style with 2-stigmas. Seeds slightly recurved at apex; areoles broader than long and arranged ladder like.
Fl. Per.: March-September.
Type: Italia, Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen. tab. 8. Fig. 3. 1729 (vide Dandy l.c. 1971).
Distribution: Europe to Asia through Africa, America (wide spread).
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