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is that they should be regarded as three well-marked forma, 

 which are usually very distinct, but which often graduate into 

 one another, not as colours do by blending, but as members of 

 a family do by the presence in each of some characters common 

 to most of the others, and which do not interfere with, or 

 obliterate, all the individual features of the possessors." With 

 regard to these observations of Sir Joseph Hooker, the Author 

 of Pinetum Britannicnm makes the following remark, which is 

 worth reproducing here. It runs thus..." Sir Joseph Hooker 

 very accurately points out the true nature of the relationship of 

 the three Cedars, although it may not be easy to say whether he 

 most inclines to hold them as species or varieties." (The italics 

 are mine. K. R. Kirtikar.) 



The Author of Pinetum Britannicum says that C. Libani, 

 Loud., is a closely-aZfo'ed species. 



To show the differences between Cedrus Deodara and 0. 

 Libani, we have inserted a drawing of the latter on Plate 

 No. 928A. Cedrus Libani is not indigenous to India— (K. R. K. 

 & B. D. BA 



Uses : — By Sanskrit writers, the aromatic wood is considered 

 carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic and useful in fever, flatulence, 

 dropsy, urinary diseases, etc. It is chiefly used in combination 

 with other medicines. (Dutt.) 



It yields a coarse, very fluid kind of turpentine (Kelon ha 

 tel, Hind.), held in much esteem by the natives as an applica- 

 tion to ulcers and skin diseases. It appears also to enter 

 largely into their nostrums for the treatment of leprosy (Prof. 

 FT. H. Wilson, Calcutta Med. Phys. Trans., vol. i., p. 41). Dr. 

 Gibson regards it as very effectual in this disease when 

 given in large doses. In the 2nd volume of these Transactions, 

 Dr. J. Johnston details a serve case of lepra mercurialis, treated 

 externally and internally with Deodar oil, extracted by heat 

 from the wood. Commenting on this case, Dr. Johnston re- 

 marks that the Deodar oil produced the happiest effects by 

 suddenly checking and ultimately curing the disease. A 

 drachm of the oil was as large a dose as the patient's stomach 

 could bear. It always acted as a diaphoretic, and produced 



