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This reticulated cortical tissue has been used for making ropes, and 

 at one time it was employed in the West Indies for making slave whips. 

 Sloane states that caps, ruffles, and even whole suits of clothes have 

 been made from this peculiar tissue. Cloth made from the Lagetta 

 has been imported at Liverpool under the name of Guano. 



Lamp- wick (Phlomis, Labiatse). The hairs upon the leaves of some 

 plants of the Labiate family are numerous and conspicuous. The 

 use of these hairs to the plant is to prevent an excessive transpiration. 

 The hairs and leaves obtained from Phlomis Lychnitis, which is a native 

 of the south of Europe, are known as lamp-wick in Spain and are used 

 for wicks. Other plants, whose leaves are almost quite as cottony, are 



Fig. 19. Lace bark (magn.). 



known respectively as Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis), Lamb's Ear (Stachys), 

 and the "Poor Man's Flannel" (Verbascum Thapsus). The latter is 

 a member of the Scrophulariacese. These feltose-haired plants have 

 generally opposite and decussate leaves, with floccose and downy surfaces. 



Lime Tree Bast (Tilia Europtea, Tiliacese). The lime is a large and 

 handsome tree famous for the quantity and tenacious character of its 

 bast fibres, which are used for various purposes. The bast tissue, or 

 fibres, are used for cordage, pit ropes, and clothes lines, and are employed 

 abroad for shoemaking. 



The branches, when cut from the young trees, are easily divested 

 of the bark and the bast. The latter are made into Russian mats. 



