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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1 4. P. (P.) NORDMANN/^ V IV^. Nordmann's Silver Fir. 



Si/nonymes. Plnus Nordmanntfmfl Stev. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mos. 1838, Card. Mag. 1839 p. 226. 

 Derivation. Named in honour of Professor Nordmann of Odessa, who discovered it on the summit 



of Adshar. 

 Engravings. Bull. Soc., &c., 1. c. ; Card. Mag., 1. c., fig. 43. ; and OUT Jig. 1950. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves solitary, curved upwards, of unequal length. Stro- 

 biles erect, ovate ; scales very obtuse ; bracts cuneate, with the apex re- 

 flexed, obcordate, long-nmcronate, incumbent on the lower scale. (Steven.) 

 An evergreen tree. North of Asia, on the summit of Adshar, above 

 Guriel, towards the sources of the Kur, on the banks of the Nataneb, at 

 the height of 6000 ft. Height 80 ft. to 90 ft., with a trunk 3 ft. in diameter, 

 and a smooth bark. Probably a variety of the silver fir. Not yet introduced. 



