Nuttall’s Dog-wood.
Cornus Nuttalli, Audubon.
This very beautiful tree, which was discovered by Mr Nuttall, on the Columbia River, attains a height of fifty feet or more, and is characterized by its smooth reddish-brown bark; large, ovate, acuminate leaves, and conspicuous flowers, with six obovate, acute, involucral bracteas, which are rose-coloured at the base, white towards the end, veined and reticulated with light purple. The berries are oblong, and of a bright carmine.