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XCVII. CONIFERS 
remain on the branches long after the seeds have been shed. 
(Fig. 158.) 
Simla, 1500-7000 ft. ; February- April. — Himalaya, eastward to Bhotan, 
1500-7500 ft.— Afghanistan. 
Local name Chil. 
5. CEDRUS. The Latin name of the Cedar of Lebanon.-— 
A single species comprising three well-marked forms, the Deodar, 
the Cedar of Lebanon and the Atlas Cedar of North Africa. 
Cedrus Libani, Barrel ., var. Deodara, Hook. f. ; FI. Br. Ind. 
v. 653. Bark dark, smooth, fissures vertical, close ; branches hori- 
zontal ; foliage light green when young, becoming very dark with 
Fig. 158. Pinus longifolia. 
age. Leaves needle-like, 1-1 J in., 3-sided, clustered at the end 
of short branchlets. Male and female cones on the same tree. 
Male cones numerous, erect, solitary at the end of leaf-bearing 
branchlets, cylindric, If in. when mature ; anther-cells 2. Female 
cones few, erect, solitary at the end of leaf-bearing branchlets. 
Mature cones ovoid or ovoid-cylindric, 4-5 X 3-4 in., dark brown 
when ripe, top rounded ; scales thin at the tip, thickened towards 
the base. Seeds | in. long, wing 1 in. across, triangular rounded. 
The young cones appear in July and the male ones ripen in 
