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SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES.


Family MAGNOLIACEÆ.

MAGNOLIA LANCEOLATA Lesq.

MAGNOLIA LANCEOLATA Lesq., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, p. 20, 1888.

Locality.—Cherry Creek, Crook County, Oregon. Collected by Maj. Charles E. Bendire (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 2515).

MAGNOLIA CULVERI Knowlton.

MAGNOLIA CULVERI Knowlton, Mon. U. S. Geol. Surv. Vol. XXXII, Pt. 11, p. 720, Pl. XCII, fig. 5, 1899.

Populus monodon Lesq., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, p. 21, 1888.

This material is not very well preserved, but it agrees absolutely with this species and is so referred.

Locality.—Cherry Creek, Crook County, Oregon. Collected by Maj. Charles E. Bendire (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 2546) and by Knowlton and Merriam in 1901 (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 9058).

MAGNOLIA INGLEFIELDI Heer.

MAGNOLIA INGLEFIELDI Heer, Fl. Foss. Arc., Vol. I, p. 120, Pl. III, fig. 5c; Pl. XVI, figs. 5, 6, 6b; Pl. XVIII, figs, 1—3, 1868; Lesquereux, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, p. 13, 1888.

This is certainly different from the last and may well be Heer's species. It is not contained in recent collections.

Locality.—Van Horn's ranch, about 12 miles west of Mount Vernon, Grant County, Oregon. Collected by Maj. Charles E. Bendire (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 2513).

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