PLate 1990. ; 
MICROGYNGCIUM TIBETICUM, Hook. ip 
CHENOPODIACEEZ. Tribe CAMPHOROSMEA. 
M. tibeticum, Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 9. Sp. unica. 
rwhal ; Topidunga, Strachey and Winterbottom : Kania 
J. 
P Gu 
: it, Yangti Valley, Duthie (No. 5952): Sikkim; Tungu, J. D. 
s Hooker; always from 12,000 feet to 15,000 feet alt. 
@ annua monoica, pusilla 2—4 poll. e basi ramosa foliosa parce 
papilloso-farinosa., Folia alterna petiolata ovata deltoideo-ovata v. 
el u 
ovato-lanceolata acuta integra vel utrinque 1 arse tata sepe parce 
farinoso-papillosa tenuiter carnosula 4-4 poll. longa; petiolus 4-3 
poll. longus. Flores minutissimi, inter folia absconditi, superiores 
Sepius masculisolitarii v. glomerulati bracteati. . d: perianthium 
hyalinum 5-dentatum dentibus deltoideis v. deltoideo-lanceolatis ; 
stamina 1-2-8, exserta, anthers subdidymw. Fl. 9 minutissimi 
bracteati, bracteis lanceolatis linearibusye ; stylus brevissimus v. obso- 
letus ; stigmata a 2 capillaria a basi v. fere a basi libera. Utriculus 
erectus compressus late ellipticus vy. obovatus, maturitate nigrescens, 
hi 
apicem versus parce t uberculatus. Semen verticale ; embryo hippo- 
crepicus albumen cingens 
In general appearance like small specimens of some varieties of 
Axyris amaranthoides, but without the characteristic indumentum of 
that plant, resembling in this respect the less farinose species of 
Atriplex, as noted by Sir Joseph peng I fail, however, to a the 
bra 2 wer 
o topped by the oe The d flowers are ped os ass or glomeru- 
late at the ends of the axillary ramuli.—D. Out 
Fig. 1. “eh where of flowering branch. 2. ge Area including one staminate 
. Staminate flowers 4, Pistil. 5. Fru . Vertical section of same, 
ee wer 
, showing eae elie urged 
