REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I917 3 1 



TWO PLANTS NEW TO THE FLORA OF THE UNITED 



STATES 



Among a number of flowering plants received from Dr W. Hay- 

 don of Oregon, were two species new to the flora of the United 

 States, regarding which there should be made a definite record. 



Geryonia Schrank, ex Hoppe in Flora 

 1 : 229. 1818 



Bergenia Moench, Meth. 664. 1794. Not Bergenia Neck. 1790. 

 Megasea Haw, Enum. Saxifr. 6. 1821. 



Geryonia ciliata (Haw) comb. nov. 



Saxifraga ligulata Wall, in As. Res., 8 : 398. 1820. Not S, 

 I i gul a ta Murr. 1781. 



Megasea ciliata Haw, Enum. Saxifr., 7. 1821. 



Saxifraga ciliata Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal., 226. pi. 49. fig. 2. 

 Not Saxifraga ciliata Lindl. Bot. Reg. pi. 65. 1843, nor Walp. Rep. 

 2 : 365. 



A native of India of recent introduction on the Pacific coast. 

 Found on dredgings at Ferndale, Coos bay, Oregon by Dr W. Hay- 

 don, no. 527. April 15, 191 5. (Specimens deposited in Gray 

 Herbarium). 



Geranium pyrenaicum Burm. f. 



Mussel reef. Cape Arago, Coos county, Oregon. Dr W. Haydon, 

 no. 378. April 17, 1914. Native of Europe. 



