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BOTANY. 



Cornus Nuttallii. Nuttall's Cornel. Nutt. Sylva, 3, p. 51 to 97. 



The general appearance of this fine species is much like that of C. florida in leaf, flower, and 

 trunk, hut in the size of all its parts it is without a rival in the genus. It grows ahundantly 

 in the dense forest bordering the Willamette and Columbia, at their point of junction, where it 

 attains a height of 15 feet, and a diameter of 12 — 18 inches. 



The wood is dense and hard, like that of C. florida, and is used by the inhabitants for similar 

 purposes. 



The fruit of C. Nuttallii is not, as represented in Nuttall's figure, (1. c.,) similar to that of 

 the common "dogwood," but is consolidated into a compact capitulum, each drupe being com- 

 pressed into a prismatic form by its fellows. The color of the drupe is scarlet, like that of 

 C. florida, the extremity being black. The heads are an inch in diameter, and have a very 

 pretty appearance on the tree. 



Oreodaphne Californica, Nees. The Californian Laurel. 

 Tetranthera ? Californica. Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech, p. 159 & 389. 

 Laurus? regia. Dougl. in Comp. Bot. 31ag. v. 2. 

 Umbellularia Californica. Nutt. Sylv. l,p. 87. 



Fig. 3. 

 Fig. 3. Leaves, flowers, and fruit of O. Californica, J natural size. 



