Umbellularia
(a diminutive from umbella, a sunshade, an umbel; in allusion to the form of inflorescence). SYNS. Drimophyllum, Oreodaphne. ORD. Laurineae. A monotypic genus. The species is a half-hardy, tall, evergreen tree or (on mountains) shrub, emitting a strong odour of camphor. For culture, see Laurus. U. californica (Californian). Californian Sassafras. fl. greenish-yellow, shortly pedicellate, in solitary, cano-pubescent or glabrous umbels; perianth tube very short, the limb of six segments; involucres pedunculate, solitary in the upper axils, or clustered at the tips of the branches, very caducous. June. l. alternate, highly odorous, lanceolate-oblong, slightly narrowed at both ends, 2in. to 4 1/2in. long, penniveined and singularly reticulated. Branchlets twiggy, slender, mostly glabrous. h. sometimes as much as 100ft. California, 1862. SYNS. Ocotea californica. Oreodaphne californica (B. M. 5320).