294 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Lycium EuropsBum, Linne". 



Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. " The Box-Thorn." 

 Hardy in Norway to lat. 67 56'. An excellent hedge-plant, par- 

 ticularly in sand-land, but emitting copious offshoots [C. BoucheJ. 

 An allied congener is L. flaccidum (Mcench). 



Lycoperdon giganteum, Batsch. 



Europe, Asia. When young this and many other kinds of puff- 

 balls can be converted into wholesome food. Dr. M. C. Cooke 

 records L. gemmatum, Batsch, among the edible Australian Fungs. 

 They have when ripe haemastatic properties, and are further par- 

 ticularly valuable for dressing the back-sores of horses ; even for 

 treating carcinomatous ulcers these particular fungs have proved 

 highly valuable. 



Lycopodium dendroideum, Michaux. 



Eastern North-America. This, with L. lucidulum, has become 

 there a great article of trade, being in request for bouquets and 

 wreaths ; both plants, after having been dyed of various colours, are 

 used as ornaments in vases [Meehan]. These club-mosses are 

 mentioned here, to draw attention to similar species in other 

 countries. 



Lygeum Spartum, Linne. 



Regions of the Mediterranean Sea. This perennial grass serves 

 'much like the ordinary Esparto-Grass, but is inferior to it. 



Lyperia crocea, Ecklon. 



South Africa. The flowers of this shrub produce a fine orange 

 dye, and are also in use for medicinal purposes. 



Maba geminata, R. Brown. 



One of the Ebony-trees in Queensland. Wood, according to M. 

 Thozet, black towards the centre, bright-red towards the bark, close- 

 grained, hard, heavy, elastic and tough. It takes a high polish, and 

 is recommended for veneers. Maba fasciculosa (F. v. M.) has the 

 outer wood white and pink. Several other species exist in Queens- 

 land, which may perhaps give good substitutes for Ebony-wood. 

 M. humilis (R. Brown) reaches in Eastern Australia extra-tropic 

 latitudes, and attains a height of 30 feet, with a stem-diameter of one 

 foot. The wood, according to Mrs. Biddulph, is very black. 



Macadamia ternifolia, F. v. Mueller. 



The Nut-tree of sub-tropical Eastern Australia, attaining a height 

 of 60 feet ; hardy as far south as Melbourne ; in forest-valleys pro- 

 bably of fair celerity of growth ; endures slight frost. In favorable 

 localities it bears fruit in seven years. The nuts have the taste of 

 hazels. Thrives well at 5,000 feet elevation in Java [Dr. Treub]. 



