C E D R U S A T L A N T I C A.
-CEDRUS ATLANTICA, Manetti, Cat. Horti Modic. Suppl., p. 9 (1844); Decaisnc, ill Revue Hort. 1853, p. 41 ; Carrie
Traiti Gin. des Com/., p. 285 (1855); Gordon, Pinetum, p. 39 (1858).
CEDRUS LIBANI, VAR. Renou, A mud. Forest., iii. p. 2 (1854); Cosson, An,Lai. Science Nat., 4 ser., iv. p. 67 (1855), a
v. p. 31 (1856).
CEDRUS AFRICANA, (Gordon) Knight, Syn. Conif., p. 42 (1850).
CEDRUS ELEGANS, Knight, Syn. Conif., p. 42 (1850).
PINUS ATLANTICA, Endlicher, Syn. Conif., p. 137 (1847).
ABIES ATLANTICA, Lindl. & Gord., Journ. Hort. Soc., v. p. 214 (1850).
Zones and Leaves.—Renou, op. cit., pL 1 and 2 ; Hooker, in Nat. Nisi. Rev., Jan. 1862, pi. 3.
Trees.—Article Cedrus Deodara in this work.
VAR. CEDRUS ARGENTEA, Renou, Y
Specific C/iarafler.—Cedrus ramis nec pendulis nec horizontalibus, foliis brcvioribus crassioribus a
Cedro Libani et Cedro Deodara diversa, conis minoribus et magls cylindricis, squamis triangularibus,
seminibus alis oblique expansis.
Habitat in Monte Atlante.
A tree of the size of the Cedar of Lebanon and Deodar, and scarcely distinguishable from it. The
characters which have been given for distinguishing them are, that instead of its habit being tabuliform, as
in the former, or with a drooping leader and branchlets, as in the latter, it has them rigid and erect, the
ends of its branches being straight and stiff, instead of hanging
more or less, as in both the other Cedars. The leaves are
more glaucous, shorter, thicker, stiffer, and, consequently, more
prickly than those of the other Cedars. Fig. 1 shews the
usual size of the clusters of leaves. They have the same number
of rows of stomata as those of the Cedar of Lebanon, viz.,
three on the two under sides, and two on the upper two [see
figs. 2 and 3], both, of course, subject to variation and irregularities. The
foliage is usually darker in colour, and more glaucous. There seems to be no
perceptible difference in the male flowers. The cone is smaller and more cylindrical
than that of the Cedar of Lebanon and Deodar, and is distinguished by a
series of hollow dimples, much more marked than in the others. The group of
cones in fig. 4 gives a good idea of its different forms and sizes. The
middle-sized one may be taken as the typical example, but all four are common.
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They never reach the size of the cones of the Cedar or Deodar, and, so far as we ] . . . f'k- tli! 3
have seen, they are never so much swollen or bellied out in the middle. These
we have copied from a good colle&ion of cones received from Mr Henry Vilmorin, of the well-known
firm of Vilmorin, Andrieux, & Cie., of Paris, who, from his commerce in the seeds of this Cedar, is natur-
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