232 WOODS OF COMMERCE . 



Laurinece). North-eastern Australia. Height 80 100 ft.; diam. 

 2 3 ft. White, close-grained, tough. Used for staves. 



(iv) Eucalyptus punddta DC. (Order Myrtdcece). New South 

 Wales. Also known as " Hickory, Turpentine, Bastard Box," 

 "Grey, Red" or "Yellow Gum." Height 40100 ft.; diam. 

 1 2 ft. Sapwood yellow; heart pale reddish-brown, heavy, 

 hard, close-grained, tough, with gum-veins, difficult to split, but 

 seasoning well and very durable. Used for sleepers, fence-posts, 

 ship and house-building, wheelwrights' work, and fuel. 



(v) Weinmdnnia Benthdmii F. v. M. : Order Saxifragdcece). 

 North-eastern Australia. Height 50 60 ft. ; diam. 1^ 2 ft. 

 Close-grained, firm, easily wrought. Used for staves and inside 

 work. 



Lein or Lienben (Termindlia bialdta Wall. : Order Combretdcece). 

 India, Burma, and the Andaman Islands. Height 80 ft. to the 

 first branch; diam. 1 ft. W 39. Brown, beautifully mottled, 

 moderately hard. 



Lemon Wood (PsycMtria ecldonidna F. v. M. : Order Rubidcece). 

 Cape Colony. "Lanumi." Height 2030 ft.; diam. 23 ft. 

 Hard, tough, useful. 



Leopard or Letter-wood (Brdsimum AubUtii Poepp. = Pira- 

 tindra guiandnsis Aubl. : Order Mordcece). Guiana. " Snake-wood." 

 French " Lettre mouchete." Germ. "Lettern-holz." Port. "Pao 

 deletras." Aborig. " Buro-koro." S.G. 1333 1049. R 340 kilos. 

 Sapwood yellow, not used ; heart squaring 20 inches, but only 

 exhibiting its characteristic dark mottling for about 6 in., very 

 hard, heavy, compact, taking an excellent polish, but difficult to 

 work and full of defects. Imported for inlaying and walking- 

 sticks. Microscopically this wood is remarkable in having its 

 large vessels filled with tyloses of very thick-walled cells. 



Letter-wood, Red or Striped (Amanda guiantnsis Aubl. : 

 Order Euphorbidcece). Guiana. French "Lettre rouge" or 

 "rubanne." S.G. 1175 1038. R. 317 kilos. Sapwood whitish ; 

 heart brown-red with blackish veins. 



Lightwood. See Coachwood. 



Lign-Aloes. See Eagle-wood. 



