564 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
The wood, or the outer portion of the stem, is hard, and of a 
light colour; the inner portion is soft and useless. Height, 10 to 
15ft. 
Northern Australia. 
435. Livistona inermis, &.27., N.O., Palme, B.FI., vii., 146. 
‘“Cabbage Palm.” ‘* Partridge-wood.” 
The outer portion of the trunk of this tree is very hard, 
beautifully marked, and takes a good polish. In colour, it is light- 
. grey, streaked with a darker colour. Diameter, 12 to 15in.; 
height, 14 to 4oft. 
Northern Australia. 
436. Lomatia ilicifolia, ”.2r., (Syn. Z. Frazer’, R.Br.; Emboth- 
rium tlicifolium, Poir.); N.O., Proteacez, B.FI., v., 536. 
‘Native Holly.” 
A shrub, with a light and very hard wood. It has a beautiful 
small figure, and works well. Specific gravity of dry wood (one 
experiment), .678. (Mueller.) 
Victoria and New South Wales. 
437. Lomatia longifolia, R.Br., (Syn. L. angustifolia, Schnitzl. ; 
Embothrium myricoides, Gertn.; L£. longifolium, Poir.; 
Tricondylus myricefolius, Knight) ; N.O., Proteacez, B.FI., 
Vee Sie 
‘* Mountain Beech.” 
A light coloured wood, very hard, with a beautiful small 
figure; works well for turnery. (¥urors’ Reports, London 
International Exhibition, 1862.) Height, 8 to toft. 
Victoria and New South Wales. 
438. Lonchocarpus Blackii, Benth., (Syn. Millettia Blackit, 
F.v.M.); N.O., Leguminose, B.F1., ii., 271. 
““A tall woody climber.” Wood very stringy, dark brown, 
and porous. (Cat. Queensland Woods, Col. and Ind. Exh., 1886.) 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
439. Lucuma sericea, Zenth. ef Hook., (Syn. Szderoxylon 
sericeum, Ait.); N.O., Sapotacez, B.FI., iv., 279. 
