250 DICTIO^^ARY OF POPULAE XAMES LODH 



baril). Locust Tree, or False Acacia {Bobinia Pseud-acacia), 

 a tree of the Bean family (Leguminosee), native of North 

 America, and has been gro^Ti in this country for more than 200 

 j^ears. It attains a height of 40 or 50 feet, averaging 2 J feet in 

 diameter. The wood was at one time considered valuable for ship- 

 building, but if now used, it is only for trenails. The roots smell 

 and taste like liquorice, but are poisonous. African {see Nitta). 



Lodh Bark, a name in India for Symi^tlocos racemosa, a tree 

 of the Storax family (Styracese), about 20 feet high, native of 

 several parts of India. The bark is used with munjeet for dyeing. 

 The leaves of most si^ecies of Symplocos turn yellow with age. 

 S. tinctoria, native of Georgia and Carolina, is used for dyeing 

 3^ellow. S. Alstonia, a branchmg tree growing 10 or 12 feet 

 high, native of New Grenada, very much resembles the Chinese 

 tea plant, and it has been long used as a substitute for tea, and 

 is considered to have medicinal virtues. 



Logwood (Ha3matoxylo7i cam2^ecManum), a small tree of 

 the Bean family (Leguminosce), from 20 to 30 feet high, with 

 winsjed leaves, consisting of from three to four small leaflets. It 

 is a native of Campeachy and other parts of Central America, 

 and has become naturalised in Jamaica and other West Indian 

 islands. Its wood is of a deep red colour, and was early intro- 

 duced for dyeing purposes, and continues to form an important 

 article of import, especially from Jamaica. 



London Pride, properly London's Pride, also known as 

 None-so-pretty {Saxifraga icmhrosa), a pretty, rosulate- leaved 

 herb of the Saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae). It is a native of 

 this country and Ireland. It appears to have been first brought 

 into special notice as a pretty plant by George London, who 

 was, between the years 1681 and 1717, a celebrated nurseryman 

 and gardener, and with his partner. Wise, held more than 100 

 acres of ground at Brompton, well known until recent years as 

 Brompton Park Nursery ; now occupied by the South Kensing- 

 ton Museum, Horticultural Society's Garden, and Albert Hall. 



Longan. (See Litchi.) 



Loquat, or Japan Medlar {PJwiinia [Eriohotrya] japonica), 



