40 CEDRUS; OR 



pointed, and straight; evergreen, with a silvery appearance, 

 and shorter and denser than those of the Common Cedar of 

 Lebanon, very irregular in length in the fascicles, varying from 

 half an inch to three-fourths of an inch in length, longer 

 on the leading shoots, and with a furrow running along 

 the whole length of the leaf. Branches, rather slender, less 

 rigid, and covered with scattered bundles of leaves, mostly 

 opposite, but sometimes very irregularly placed. Cones, ovate, 

 flattened, or rather depressed at the ends, from two and a half 

 to three inches long, erect on the upper side of the external 

 branches, of a shining light brown colour, and full of resinous 

 matter. Scales, flat, closely pressing against each other, smooth, 

 broad, truncate and blunt on the upper part, of a leathery 

 texture, and thin on the edges. Seeds, of an irregular or angular 

 shape, soft, and with a thin, transparent wing, one inch or more 

 long. 



A noble tree, like the Cedar of Lebanon, growing from 80 to 

 100 feet high, with horizontal branches, and a tabular-shaped 

 head, but rather open in appearance. 



It is found on the highest mountains in Barbary, particularly 

 on the famous Atlas range in Northern Africa, at an elevation 

 of from 7000 to 9000 feet, in great abundance, and is quite 

 hardy, and more rapid in growth than the Common Cedar. 



No. 2. Ckdrls Deodara, Loudon, the Deodar or Indian Cedar. 

 Syn. Abies Deodara, Lindley. 

 „ Cedrus Indica, De Chambr. 

 „ Pinus Deodara, Roxburgh. 



Leaves, evergreen, somewhat four-sided, needle-shaped, acute- 

 pointed, pungent, very glaucous, and from one to two inches long, 

 those on the principal and lateral branches being collected in 

 tufts or close bundles of from 30 to 60 in number, on very 

 short and numerous branchlets, while those on the young shoots 

 are solitary, alternate, and scattered along the twigs ; when 

 young, very glaucous, but getting much greener as they get 

 older. Branches, very stout, irregularly placed along the stem. 



