INCENSE CEDAR (Libocedrus decurrens), a handsome North American tree of the pine family (Pinaceae), called also white cedar, native to high mountains from Oregon and Nevada to Lower California. It is a valuable timber tree, with cinnamon red bark, frequently attaining a height of 15o ft., and sometimes a trunk diameter of 7 feet. The slender branches, with much flattened branchlets and lustrous, cypress-like leaves, form a beautiful crown. The soft, durable, straight-grained, fragrant, resinous wood is utilized for fence posts, telephone poles and lumber. The incense cedar is planted for ornament, as is also the smaller South American species (L. chilensis). Besides the foregoing, six other species of incense cedar are found, one each in Chile, New Caledonia, China and Japan, and two in New Zea land. Of these, L. tetragon, of Chile, and L. Doniana, of New Zealand, are valuable timber trees.