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ovate, slightly curved, the tips of the barren scales just 

 showing beyond the lower ones. 



[This is the only one of our Conifers with deciduous 

 leaves. The Cedars are the only other Conifers with 

 numerous needles in the tufts.] 



** Needles evergreen, 30 70 in the tufts, 

 dark green ; $ cones large, 80 100 mm. 

 long, with very numerous and closely 

 imbricated scales; ellipsoid- oblong, pur- 

 plish in youth ; carpellary scales minute, 

 fused, not exserted. ^ cones yellow- 

 brown, 30 50 mm., cylindroid. Seed 

 10 12 mm., with very broad rounded- 

 cuneate wing up to 40 mm. long. 



Gedrus Libani, Barr. Cedar of Lebanon. Broadly- 

 spreading tree with very dark foliage in tiers. 



Male flowers about 5 cm. long, ovoid, erect, yellowish. 

 Female flower about 5 cm. long, chiefly towards the apex 

 of the tree, purple passing to yellowish, with very short, 

 broad and thin, closely imbricated, obovate and eroded 

 bracts ; scales sub-orbicular, irregularly dentate. 



Cones ellipsoid-cylindroid, depressed above 6'5 -9 (4"5 

 12) X 4*5 6(4 7) cm., on short stalks, matt brown, 

 resinous, especially above. 



[The two geographical races or sub-species, C. Atlantica 

 and G. Deodara, differ chiefly in habit ; the former are 

 usually smaller and more rigid, with shorter leaves and 

 smaller cones, the latter more lax and pyramidal, with 

 longer and paler leaves. 



G. Atlantica, Marr. Atlas Cedar. The cone is smaller, 

 and more cylindroid and flattened at the top. the scales 

 more shining, pale brown.] 



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