Can't see my USB icon on my desktop so I can disconnect it

I have a new iMAC Lion 10.7.2. I had a flashdrive in a USB port a few days ago and removed it without dumping the icon first. Now, I can't find the icon on the desktop in order to remove it safely. (I have a mouse drive in another port and there is no icon for that, either.)

What usually works well is to plug the flash drive back in. With luck it will appear on the desktop, and be accessible. That is when you should unmount the drive properly. To unmount the drive, do one of the following -
• Select the drive by clicking its icon once, then press Command-E (Eject in the File menu).
• Right-click or Control-click the icon for the drive, and select Eject from the contextual menu that appears.
• Drag the icon to the Trash. The Trash icon will change to an eject symbol when you're partway there - keep dragging it all the way to the Trash, drop it into that symbol.
Once the drive has been unmounted you can safely unplug it.

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