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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument View of the Painted Hills (Photo by Sue Anderson)

SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES.


Family MIMOSACEÆ.

ACACIA OREGONIANA Lesq.

ACACIA OREGONIANA Lesq., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XI, p. 14, Pl. V, fig. 4, 1888.

The type specimen with its counterpart still remains unique.

Locality.—Van Horn's ranch, South Fork of John Day River, 12 miles west of Mount Vernon, Grant County, Oregon. Collected by Maj. Charles E. Bendire (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 2412).

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