202 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



Laurier marbre {N, concinna Nees). A cabinet wood. 



Leather jacket, a name applied in Australia to (i) Alphitonia 

 excilsa [See Ash, Mountain], (ii) Oeratopetalum apStalum [See 

 Coachwood], (iii) Cryptocdrya Meissnerii E. v. M. (Order Laurinece), 

 North-Eastem Australia. Height 80 — 100 ft. ; diam. 2 — 3 ft. 

 White, close-grained, tough. Used for staves. 



(iv) Eucalyptus punctata DO. (Order Myrtdcece). New South 

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

 " Grey Red," or " Yellow Gum." Height 40 — 100 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 E. v. M. : Order Sazifragdcecs) , 

 North-Eastern Austraha. Height 50 — 60 ft. ; diam. l|-~2 ft. 

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

 work. 



Lein or Lienhen [Termindlia hialdta Wall. : Order Oombretdcece), 

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

 first branch ; diam. 4 ft. W 39. Brown, beautifully mottled, 

 moderately hard. 



Lemon- wood {Psychotna ecMonidna F. v. M. : Order Euhidcece). 

 Cape Colony. " Lanumi." Height 20—30 ft. ; diam. 2 — 3 ft. 

 Hard, tough, useful. 



Leopard or Letter-wood {Brosimum AubUtii Eoepp. ^Pira- 

 tinera guianmsis Aubl. : Order Mordcece). Guiana. Known in 

 English commerce as '' Snakewood."^ French " Lettre mouchete." 

 Germ. '' Lettern-holz." Port. "Pao de letras." Ahorig. ''Buro- 

 koro." S.G. 1,333—1,049. W 77—83. R 340 kilos. Sap- 

 wood yellow, not used ; heart squaring 20 in., but only exhibiting 

 its characteristic dark mottling for about 6 in., very hard, heavy, 

 compact, taking an excellent polish, but difScult to work and full 

 of^ defects. The heartwood is imported for inlaying and walking- 

 sticks, but rare. Microscopically this wood is remarkable in 

 having its large vessels filled with tyloses of very thick-walled cells, 

 with dark, ruby-coloured resin. 



Letter-wood, Red or Striped {Amanda guianinsis Aubl. : Order 

 EuphorlidcecB), Guiana. French '' Lettre rouge " or " rubann6." 

 S.G. 1,175 — 1,038. R 317 kilos. Sapwood whitish ; heart brown- 

 red with blackish veins. 



Lightwood. See Blackwood and Coachwood. 

 Lign-Aloes. See Eagle-wood. 



Lignum-vitsB {Ouaidcum officindU L. : Order Zygophylldcece), 

 Colombia, Venezuela, Jamaica, Cuba, Hayti, but chiefly St. Do- 



