24 
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. Jlorida in leaf, flower, and 
trunk, hut in the size of all its parts it is without a rival in the genus. It grows abundantly 
in the dense forest bordering the Willamette and Columbia, at their point of junction, where it 
attains a height of 75 feet, and a diameter of 12—18 inches. 
The wood is dense and hard, like that of C. floridct, and is used by the inhabitants for similar 
purposes. 
The fruit of C. Nuttallii is not, as represented in Nuttall’s figure, (1. c.,) si nilar 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. ftorida , the extremity being black. The heads are an inch in diameter, and have a very 
pretty appearance on the tree. 
Oreodapiine Californica, Nees. The Californian Laurel. 
Tetranthera ? Californica. Hook. d. Arn. Bot. Beech, p. 159 & 389. 
Laurus? regia. Dougl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2. 
Umbellularia Californica. Nutt. Sylv. 1, p. 87. 
