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fodder. The demand for both fibre and oil is enormous. The 

 value of our import of raw fibre in 1871 was already <£15,634, 

 while the import of oil was .£22,469. Two principal varieties 

 are under culture: a tall sort, with smaller flowers, closed 

 capsules, and dark seeds; a dwarf sort, more branched (even 

 if closely sown), with larger flowers and capsules, the seed- 

 vessels opening spontaneously and with elasticity, while the 

 seeds are of a pale colour. None of the perennial species of 

 Linum are so manageable in culture as the ordinary annual 

 Flax. 



Lippia citriodora, Kunth. 



Peru, Chili, La Plata States, Brazil. An evergreen shrub, 

 yielding scented oil. 



Liquidambar Altingia, Blume. 



At the Red Sea and in the mountains of India and New 

 Guinea, at 3000 feet, and probably hardy in the warmer 

 parts of our colony. The tree attains a height of 200 feet. 

 It yields the fragrant balsam known as liquid Storax. 



Liquidambar orientalis, Miller."^ (Z. imherhe, Alton.) 



Asia Minor. Also this tree yields liquid Storax, which 

 is vanilla-scented, containing much Cumarin, and thus used 

 for imparting scent to some sorts of tobacco and cigars, also 

 for keeping moths from woollen clothing. Its use in 

 medicine is more limited than in perfumery. 



Liquidambar styraciflua, Linne. 



The Sweet Gum-tree. In morasses and on the springs of 

 the forests of North America, with a wide geographic range. 

 The tree attains vast dimensions of its crown; the stem ten 

 feet in diameter. The terebinthine juice hardens, on ex- 

 posure, to a resin of benzoin odour. Wood fine-grained. 



Liriodendron tulipifera, Linne. 



The Tulip-tree of North America. One of the largest trees 

 of the United States, and one of the grandest vegetable pro- 

 ductions of the temperate zone. In deep fertile soil it 

 attains a height of sometimes 140 feet, with a straight, clear 

 stem up to nine feet in diameter. The Tulip-wood, also in- 

 appropriately called Poplar, is highly esteemed and very ex- 

 tensively used wherever this tree abounds, uniting lightness 

 with strength and durability. It is of a light yellow colour, 

 fine-grained, compact, is easily worked and takes a good 

 polish. It is employed for house-building, inside as well as 

 outside, for bridges, for furniture, coach-building, implements, 

 and a variety of other purposes. As this tree is difiicult to 

 transplant, it should be grown on the spot where it is to 

 remain. Though of slow growth, it would be a great acquisi- 

 tion for the rich lands of our mountain-forests. 



