On the banks of creeks, Marin County; twenty to thirty feet high.
Oreodaphne Californica Nées. Spice Bush, Mountain Laurel, Balm Of Heaven.
Often a large tree in moist localities, forty to fifty feet high, sometimes three to six feet in diameter; used for ship-building.
Dirca palustris Linn. Leatherwood.
Very common on the eastern slopes of the Oakland hills, where its flowers make it very conspicuous in spring; two to four feet high.
Croton (Hendecandra) procumbens Hook and Arn.
A very low shrub, common on the peninsula of San Francisco, in almost pure sandy soil.
Garrya elliptica Lindl.
Mostly a shrub with slender branches, but sometimes a small-sized tree; evergreen, gregarious, in sandy soil in this city, and on the eastern slope of the Oakland hills.