lacebark

Botany: 1. The inner bark of Lagetta lintearia , one of the Daphnads. The English name is given because the bark, when macerated and stretched laterally, resembles coarse lace, and in Jamaica, where the tree grows, is made into caps, ruffles, . The negroes make durable clothing from it, and the white inhabitants utilize it for ropes and cables. In its native country it grows on marly limestone, where there is not a particle of earth to be seen. 2. The name given in New Zealand to the genus Philip pod end ron.