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3. Cedrus Deodara crassifoliAj Hort. 



This variety differs from the preceding one in having much 

 thicker and shorter leaves, and much shorter and more compact 

 branches, which are less pendulous. 



No. 3. Cedrus Libant, Barrelier, the Cedar of Lebanon. 

 Syn. Pinus Cedrus, LinncBus. 

 ,, Abies Cedrus, Poiret. 

 „ Larix Cedrus, Miller. 

 „ „ patula, Salisbury. 

 „ „ Orientalis, Tournefort. 

 „ Cedrus Phcenicea, Renealm. 



Leaves, simple, very dense, in alternate tufts, of about 30 in 

 number, evergreen, rigid, partially four-sided, or cylindrical, 

 tapering to the point, straight, one inch long, sharp -pointed, and 

 of a dark grass-green colour. Branches, horizontal, with the 

 branchlets disposed in a flat, fan-like manner on the branches, 

 very numerous, and thickly set with leaves. Cones, erect, ovate, 

 flattened at the ends, and depressed, 4 or 5 inches long, and 

 2J inches wide, with rather a long footstalk, of a greyish brown 

 colour, and remaining firmly attached for years to the branches. 

 The cones require two years to ripen, and exude a large quan- 

 tity of resinous matter while growing. Scales, flat and firmly 

 pressed against each other, one and a half inch broad, obtuse, 

 and truncated at the summit, very thin, leathery, slightly den- 

 ticulated at the edge, and of a reddish colour, shining on the 

 flat part. Seeds, somewhat triangular, soft, and surmounted by 

 a broad and very thin membranaceous wing more than an inch 

 long. 



A noble tree, with wide-spreading horizontal branches, 

 growing from 60 to 80 feet high, and 30 feet in circumference, 

 with a flat, tabular top when old. 



It is found on Mount Lebanon, and probably over the whole 

 of that group of mountains which is situate between Damascus 

 and Tripoli, in Syria, and which includes the Libanus and 



