1030 WILD RICE GATHERERS OF UPPER LAKES [ETH. ANN.19 
20, 1899). It also grows plentifully in sloughs of the Mississippi and 
in small streams in Jo Daviess county. 
Iyprana. Found in Gibson, Monroe, and La Porte counties. 
Inpian Terrirory. Not known (letter of A. Grant Evans, Mus- 
cogee, Indian Territory, April 25, 1899). 
Iowa. Common. especially in the northern and central parts. It 
has been collected in Emmet, Scott, Delaware, Clinton, Linn, Hum- 
boldt, Johnson, Louisa, Hancock, Wright, Story, and Fayette coun- 
ties (letter of B. Shimek, Iowa City, Lowa, December, 1898). 
Kansas. Not known (letter of A. S. Hitchcock, Manhattan, 
Kansas, April 24, 1899). 
Kentucky. Grows in lakes in the ‘* barrens” in the western part 
of the state (letter of C. W. Mathews, Lexington, Kentucky, 
December 15, 1898). 
Lourstana. ‘Occurs plentifully in all the lower counties” (let- 
ter of George E. Beyer, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 19, 1898; 
also letter of A. B. Langlois, St Martinville, Louisiana, November 21, 
1898). 
Marve. Abundant in Aroostook county in the Mattawamkeag river 
system; very abundant in the Penobscot river system above tidewater. 
It is also abundant in Kennebec county on Messalonskee river and 
other tributaries of the Kennebec, and it is found in Franklin county 
along Sandy river. ‘* Doubtless the plant is common in other waters 
in central Maine” (letter of M. L. Fernald, Gray Herbarium, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts). 
Marynanp. Abundant in Anne Arundel county, and probably in 
other counties bordering on Chesapeake bay (letter of N. W. Bar- 
ton, Baltimore, Maryland, about December 10, 1898). 
Massacnuuserts. Rather common in many streams and ponds in 
eastern Massachusetts, in at least Essex, Middlesex, and Norfolk coun- 
ties. It is found also in Connecticut river at Northampton, in Hamp- 
shire county (letter of M. L. Fernald, Gray Herbarium, Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts, December 12, 1898). 
Micnican. Found throughout the state in mud-bottomed lakes and 
sluggish streams; also found commonly in Grand river valley (let- 
ter of C. F. Wheeler, Michigan Agricultural College post-office, Mich- 
igan). It is found also in Huron river, Washtenaw county (letter 
of FF. C. Newcombe, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 9, 1898). The 
plant is also very abundant in St Joseph river in southwestern Michi- 
gan, and is found also in various streams and small alluvial lakes in 
Kalamazoo and Barry counties. 
Minnesora. See the ** Wild-rice District,” in the present chapter, 
pages L033-1036. 
Mississtppr. Common in the extreme southern part of the state 
(letter of 5S. M. Traey, Agricultural College, Mississippi, January 6, 
1899). It is found also along Mississippi river. 
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