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is that, they should be regarded as three well-marked forms, 
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 Britannicum 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-allied species. 
To show the differences between Cedrus Deodara and C. 
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 
1 with other medicines. (Dutt.) 
It yields a coarse, very fluid kind of turpentine (Kelon ltd 
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. 
H. 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 
