250 DICTIOKAKY OF POPULAR NAMES LODH 



taril). Locust Tree, or False Acacia (Boiinia Pseud-acacia), 

 a tree of the Bean family (Leguminosas), native of ISTortli 

 America, and has been grown in this country for more than 200 

 years. It attains a height of 40 or 50 feet, averaging 2^ feet in 

 diameter. The wood was at one time considered valuable for ship- 

 building, but if now used, it is only for trenails. The roots smell 

 and taste like liquorice, but are poisonous. African (see Nitta). 



Lodh. Bark, a name in India for Symplocos race^nosa, a tree 

 of the Storax family (Styracese), about 20 feet high, native of 

 several parts of India. The bark is used with munjeet for dyeing. 

 The leaves of most species of Symplocos turn yellow with age. 

 S. hnctofia, native of Georgia and Carolina, is used for dyeing 

 yellow. S. Alstonia, a branching tree growing 10 or 12 feet 

 high, native of New Grenada, very much resembles the Chinese 

 tea plant, and it has been long used as a substitute for tea, and 

 is considered to have medicinal viitues. 



Logwood {JSmmatoxylon campechiamiw), a small tree of 

 the Bean family (Leguminosso), from 20 to 30 feet high, with 

 winged leaves, consisting of from three to four small leaflets. It 

 is a native of Campeachy and other parts of Central America, 

 and has become naturalised in Jamaica and other West Indian 

 islands. Its wood is of a deep red colour, and was eaily intro- 

 duced for dyeing purposes, and continues to form an important 

 article of import, especially from Jamaica. 



London Pride, properly London's Pride, also known as 

 N'one-so-pretty {Baxifraga umlrosa), a pretty, rosulate-leaved 

 herb of the Saxifrage family (Sas;ifragace£e). It is a native of 

 this country and Ireland. It appears to have been first brought 

 into special notice as a pretty plant by George Loudon, who 

 was, between the years 1681 and 1717, a celebrated nurseryman 

 and gardener, and with his partner. Wise, held more than 100 

 acres of ground at Brompton, well known until recent years as 

 Brompton Park N"ursery ; now occupied by the South Kensing- 

 ton Museum, Horticultural Society's Garden, and Albert Hall. 



Longan. (See Litchi.) 



Loquat, or Japan Medlar {PJiotinia [I!no'botrya]jajpomca), 



