Laurel Cherry (Prunus caroUniana) , or mock olive, is 

 30 or 40 feet high and six or eight inches through, and 

 its hard, strong, heavy wood is dark brown. 



Laurel Oak (Quercus laurifolia) attains largest size 

 in eastern Florida, where trees 100 feet high and 3 or 

 4 feet in diameter are occasionally seen. The wood is 

 heavy, very strong and hard. 



Leucaena {Leucaena glauca) .—The little of this species 

 in the State is on the extreme southern keys. 



Lignum vitae {Guajacum sanctum) is found on the 

 Florida keys, where it forms a round-headed crown 25 or 

 30 feet high, and the trunk is two or three feet in diame- 

 ter. The wood is exceedingly hard, and much of it is 

 richly colored. 



LoMolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus), or tan bay, is a 

 tree 60 to 75 feet high and a foot or more in diameter, 

 with light, soft, not durable, red wood. 



Lcmgstalk Willow (Salix occidentalis longipes) is small 

 and scarce in the State. 



MancMneel {Hippomane mandnella). — This tree is 

 small in Florida, though larger in the West Indies. It 

 grows only in the immediate neighborhood of the ocean. 



Mangrove [Rhisophora mangle) is usually only fifteen 

 or twenty feet high and a few inches in diameter, form- 

 ing with its aerial roots impenetrable thickets; but some- 

 times trunks are thirty or forty feet long, clear of branches, 

 while the trees are 70 or 80 feet tall. The wood is ex- 

 ceedingly heavy, hard, and strong. 



M'arlberry {Icacorea paniculata<) .■ — This tree is small, 

 but the wood is a rich brown beautifully marked with 

 darker medullary rays. It is heavy and hard. 



Mastic (Sideroxylon mastichodendron) , or wild olive, 

 has a trunk three or four feet in diameter and 60 or 70 

 tall. The hard, heavv wood is a bright orange vellow. 



