THE CEDARS. 61 



No. 2. Cedrus Deodar a, Loudon, the Deodar or Indian 



Cedar. 



Syn. Abies Deodora, Lindley. 

 Cedrus Indica, Be Chambr. 

 Pinus Deodara, Roxburgh. 



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

 pointed, 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, and when 

 young very glaucous, but getting much greener as they become 

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

 much divided, horizontal, and quite flat, the lower ones being 

 more or less deflected and close to the ground, but the general 

 aspect of the tree when young is drooping and exceedingly 

 graceful, but as it grows older and larger the branches assume 

 a stiff, flat, and solemn appearance, like that of the Cedar of 

 Lebanon. It flowers in September, and the seeds are ripe in 

 October or November of the following year, or in about thirteen 

 months. The male catkins, though solitary, are very numerous, 

 erect, two or three inches long, at first oval, but gradually 

 become cylindrical; the majority of these and the female 

 flowers are produced on separate trees, but a considerable 

 number of trees also produce both male and female flowers on 

 the same individual. In about a month after the Deodar has 

 flowered, the young cones, covered with a bluish bloom, appear 

 of a cylindrical form, without any foot-stalks, and solitary on 

 the top of the little tufts of leaves. Cones erect, solitary on 

 the upper side of the stout top branches, ovate, obtuse, or 

 nearly cylindrical, from three to five inches long, and two and 

 a half inches wide, flat, and slightly depressed at both ends, 

 and very much resembling those of the common Cedar of 

 Lebanon, of a rusty brown colour, and when the seeds are ripe, 

 break up and fall to pieces, shedding both scales and seeds on 



