1042 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
2 4. P.(v.) Norpmannia'va. Nordmann’s Silver Fir. 
Synonymes. Pinus Nordmannidna Stev. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mos. 1838, Gard. 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. v.; Gard. Mag., 1. c., fig. 43. ; and our fig. 1950. 
Spee. 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-mucronate, incumbent on the lower scale. (Sveven.) 
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 {t. 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. F. Nordmannidna. 
