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Minnesota Plant Life. 



It occurs in lars^-e f|nantities. especially in narrows between lakes, 

 in DUllcts or inlets, but not so commonly in bays or stagnant 

 water. It is not so fre([uent in lakes without an outlet. The 



}-H.. 88. Wild rill- in a MiiiiKM.I.i l.ikt- After pliotunrapli by Williams. 



grain is longer and tliinucr lliaii the rice of the orient, but when 

 boiled is fjuite as agreeable to the taste as the cuhi\ated form. 

 The Indians collect it in September, beating it into their canoes, 



