CEDAR. oor 
its fragrance and because vermin do not so easily breed in it as in 
many other sorts of wood. It is the ‘“Sweet-scented Bastard 
Cedar.” The “‘ Bastard Cedar” grown at Kew under the name 
Cedrella odorata is the Cedrella velutina, D.C. *, possibly identical 
with C. villosa, Roxb. t, a native of the East Indies at Tipperah. 
It attains a height of 50 feet. 
Cedrella angustifolia, D.C. {, the narrow-leaved Bastard Cedar, 
is a native of New Spain and attains a height of 50 feet. 
Cedrella Braziliensis, St. Hilaire §, forms a large pyramidal 
tree in the province of Minas Geraes in Brazil; it grows to a 
height of 40 feet, and is called the “ Brazilian Bastard Cedar.’’ 
There is a variety of it called australis according to St. Hilaire. 
Cedrella Toona, Roxb. ||, is a native of the East Indies, where 
it is called Toon, and by Europeans “Toon Bastard Cedar.” Its 
size is enormous. Hooker mentions { having measured one which 
was thirty feet in girth at five feet above the ground. This was 
in East Nepal. 
Cedrella alternifolia **, native of Campechy, is a little-known 
species and probably belongs to a distinct genus. 
Juniperus Bermudiana, L., and J. Barbadensis, L., are also 
found in Jamaica and the oil distilled. The method adopted in 
Jamaica for obtaining the oil is to chip the logs up with an adze 
and pack the pieces into an iron cylinder, through which the 
steam generated in a separate boiler is passed. This oil is light 
brown in colour and very aromatic. 
The Cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani, a majestic tree 
found on Mounts Lebanon, Taurus, and Aman. This tree was 
introduced into England nearly two centuries ago, and there are 
now many hundreds of fine specimens in various parts of this 
country. It yields a brownish-yellow oil of pleasant odour, the 
yield being 2°9 per cent. Its sp. gr. is 0°985. Optical rotation 
—10° 48’ in 100 mm. tube (Schimmel). 
The Deodar or Indian Cedar is Cedrus Deodara, a pyramidal 
tree when young, with dense, slender, drooping branches, thickly 
clothed with glaucous green leaves. ‘There are two or three 
striking varieties :—C. D. robusta, C. D. crassifolia, and C. D. 
* Prodr. i. p. 625. + Hort. Beng. p. 18. 
{ Prodr. 1. p. 624. § Flore Braziliz meridionalis, ii. p. 86, t. 101. 
|| Cor. ii. t. 238. q Himalayan Journ. i. p. 183. 
** Steudel, ‘ Nomenclator botanicus,’ p. 170. 
