234 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Lignum-vitae in New Zealand (Metrosideros scdndens Banks 

 & Sol. : Order Myrtdcece). Known also as " Akibaum." A 

 creeper "growing up the stem and over the tops of the tallest 

 trees in the New Zealand forests ... so exceedingly like 

 the Rata (M. robusta) in wood, bark, leaf, and flower, that I could 

 never distinguish any difference between them " (Laslett). 



Lilac, Persian. See Bead-tree. 



FIG. 54. Transverse section of Linden ( Tilia parvijolia). 



Lilly-pilly (Eugenia Smithii Poir. : Order Myrtdcece). Eastern 

 Australia. Height 80120 ft. ; diam. 13 ft. S.G. 935898. 

 Close-grained, but liable to split in seasoning and to dry rot. 

 Used for axe-handles. 



Lima-wood. See Peachwood. 



Lime, a corruption of Line, also known as Linden (Tilia parvi- 

 folia Ehrh., platyphyllos Scop, and argdntea. Desf. : Order Tilidcece). 

 Europe, the last-named only in the south-east. French "Tilleul." 

 Germ. "Linde," T. parmfdlia being known as " Winterlinde," T. 

 platyphyllos as " Sommerlinde." Russ. "Lipa." Height 20 90 



