102 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES CEDAR 



fresli honey, and contain a yellow colouring matter which is 

 used for dyeing, but is not permanent. 



Cedar, Brazilian {Cedrcla hrasiliensis), a tall tree attaining 

 a height of 120 feet, and 4 J feet in diameter, native of Southern 

 Brazil. It possesses similar properties and uses to C. Toona. 

 {See Cedar, New South Wales.) 



Cedar, Queensland {Pentacems australis), a tree of the 

 family Eutacese, native of Queensland and New South "Wales. 

 Its wood is tough and close-grained. 



Cedar Wood of Guiana {leica altissima), a tree of the 

 Myrrh family (Burseracese), attaining a height of 60 to 100 

 feet, and 4 to 5 feet in diameter, native of the interior of 

 Guiana. Its wood is light, durable, and used for' the inside fit- 

 tings of houses, furniture, and bookcases, its highly aromatic 

 odour having the property of preserving the books from insects. 

 The Indians prefer it to any other wood for making canoes. 

 One used by Schomburgk was 42 feet long and 5 J feet '^dde, 

 and was hollowed out of a single trunk, and although much used 

 by being pulled over cataracts, was, at the end of four years, as 

 sound as when first purchased. The resin of this species is 

 known as Carana resin. The genus Idea consists of a num- 

 ber of species chiefly natives of tropical America and the 

 West Indies, all of which are odoriferous, and yield gum-resins, 

 which are sometimes used as incense. 



Cedrat. {See Citron.) 



Cedron {Simaha Ceclron), a small slender tree, 12 to 16 feet 

 high, of the Quassia family (Simarubacese), native of Panama, New 

 Grenada, and Darien. It has winged leaves, and fruits about 

 the size of a swan's Qgg, covered with downy hairs like a peach. 

 It contains a single seed, which when perfect separates readily 

 into two cotyledons ; they are white, and somewhat larger than 

 almonds; they are very bitter, and are highly valued by the 

 natives as a cure for snake-bites, and as a bitter tonic are con- 

 sidered by some to be nearly equal to quinine in cases of fever, 

 in consequence of which most of the natives carry a seed with 

 them for use if required. The tree, with its fruit and uses, is 



