dirca

Updated: May 16, 2025

Dirca palustris, a very tough shrub, of the Thymalaeæ species, growing in the deep forests. Collecting together all the fuel he could, he piled it on the fire, then taking his knife, stripped off the leather-wood bark, and tying it around Anne's waist, with the other end in his hand, he climbed up to the lowest limb, and then cautiously drew her up after him.

D. W. (David W.) Belisle - The American Family Robinson: or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West

North America, 1629. A small-growing tree, with coriaceous leaves, and greenish-yellow flowers. In southern situations and by the seaside it is perfectly hardy, and succeeds well, but in other districts it is rather tender. The fruit is edible, yellow in colour, and about an inch in diameter. DIRCA PALUSTRIS. Leather Wood. North America, 1750.

Angus Duncan Webster - Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs