28 FOSSIL FLORA OF THE JOHN DAY BASIN, OREGON. [bull. 204. 



Family CYPERACE/E. 

 ' Cyperacites .sp. 



PI. I, fig. 9. 



The collection contains a single specimen that appears to be the leaf 

 of a large cyperaceous plant. It is about 1 cm. in width and has about 

 10 ribs or stria? through it, but there is hardly enough to afford an}'^ 

 characters of importance, and it is included simply to show that this 

 type of vegetation was present. 



Locality. — Mascall beds. Van Horn's ranch, 12 miles west of Mount 

 Vernon, Grant County, Oregon. Collected by Knowlton and Mer- 

 riam, July, 1901 (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 8542). " 



Family SMILACE^. 



Smilax Wardii Lesq. 



Smilax Wardii Lesq., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, p. 19, PI. XIII, fig. 1, 1888. 



The type specimen, with its counterpart, is all that has ever been 

 obtained. 



Locality. — Van Horn's ranch, South Fork of John Da}" River, 12 

 miles west of Mount Vernon, Oregon. Collected by Maj. Charles E. 

 Bendire (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 2613). 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANT. 



PI. I, figs. 7, 8. 



Among the collections lately ol)tained hy tlie University of 

 California I found two examples of what are undoubtedly monocoty- 

 ledonous plants, tlie nature of which I am at present unable to 

 satisfactorily^ describe. They are shown as well as possible in the 

 accompanying figures. 



The one shown in tig. 7 is about 6.5 cm. in length, as now preserved, 

 and 1.5 cm. in width. It is bifurcate at apex into two nearly equal, 

 acute lobes. It is provided with some 8 or 9 longitudinal ribs, 

 separated b}' rather deep channels. 



The other, shown in tig. 8, is rather elliptical-lanceolate in shape 

 and is apparently acuminate at apex, but the extreme point and the 

 base are not preserv^ed. It is the same length as the other, but is a 

 little wider, being 1.75 cm. It is likewise provided with 8 or 9 ribs, 

 between which are numerous finer striae or veins. The basal end is 

 truncated, as though it was a sheathing oi-gan of some kind. 



In general appearance these specimens, and especially the one last 

 mentioned, are at least suggestive of what Lesquereux'* has described 



'iTcrt. FL, p. 2S, PI. I, figs. 10, 11, 1878. 



