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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



i 4. P. (p.) NoRDMANN/^'A^^. Nordmann's Silver Fir. 



Sfinonymes. Pinus Nordmannm?2fl! Stev. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mos. 1838, Gard. Mag. 1839 p. 226. 

 'berivniinn. Named in honour of Professor Nordmann bt Odessa, who discovered it on tiie summit 



of Adshar. 

 Engravings. Bull. Soc, &c., 1. c. ; Gard. Mag., 1. c, fig. 43. ; and our^o'. 1950. 



Spec. Char., S;c. Leaves solitary, curved upwards, of unequal lenjith. Stro- 

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

 flexed, obcordate, lona;-nmcronate, incumbent on the lower scale. (^Sltvev.) 

 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. 



1950. J^, Nordmanniihij. 



