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LANCE WOOD. See Bocagea laurifolia and B. virgata. 



LAPLACEA ELEMATOXYLON, Camb. 

 Blood Wood, Iron Wood. 



Native of Jamaica. A tree, leaves simple ; flowers large, white ; 

 seeds with a long wing at the top. (Ternstrcemiaeece.) 



Wood." This is a very hard close grained wood of a deep red 

 color, it is not used in building on account of its hardness. I think it 

 would be a very useful wood for small articles, such as ornaments, 

 knobs, buttons, &c, and is just the kind wood of wood now being en- 

 quired after by manufacturers. An excellent dye is extracted from it." 

 (Harrison.) 



"In the Blue Mountains at over 5,000 feet a very handsome, heavy, 

 fine grained timber with much the same qualities as boxwood. Yields 

 a dye from the rich red heart- wood." (Hooper.) 



LAUDANUM, DUTCHMAN'S. See Passiflora murucuja. 



LEAF OF LIFE. See Bryophyllum calycindm. 



LEMON. See Citrus medica, var. limonum. 



LEMON GRASS. See Andropogon citratus. 



LEMON, WATER. See Passiflora laurifglia. 



LILAC. WEST INDIAN. See Melia sempervirens. 



LIME. See Citrus aurantium, var. bergamia. 



LIQUORICE, WILD. See Abrus precatorius. 



LOCUST TREE. See Hymen^a Courbariu 

 LOGWOOD. See H^matoxylon campechianum. 



LOTUS BERRY. See Byrsoxima coriacea. 



LUCUMA MAMMOSA, Gr. 



Mammee Sapota. 



Native of West Indies and tropical America. 

 | A tree ; leaves simple, 6 to 8 inches long ; flowers white ; berry 

 about 6 inches long. 



"Generally distributed, but nowhere very common. A small stout 

 tree, with a diameter up to 2 feet and height of 30 feet, gives a first- 

 class timber and adapted to many uses, pspecially house construction, 

 both exterior and interior, furniture, &e., fi e specimens in Serge 

 laland House, Blue Mountain Valley." (Hooper.) 



