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Puate 2255. 
TRETOCARYA SIKKIMENSIS, Oliv. 
Boracinez. Subtribe Eritricniez. 
caulinis ovato-lanceolatis acutis basi etiolam angustatis, cymis 
congestis bracteatis terminalibus et in axillis foliorum pedunculatis 
iv. 168, 
Has. Sikkim Himalaya, Latong, 11,500 feet, Hooker ; in a collection 
from West huan and Tibetan frontier, chiefly near Tachienla, 
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9,000-13,500 feet, Pratt (No. 645). 
Folia caulina inferiora longe petiolata, lamina 2-2) poll. longa, 1 
poll. lata; folia superiora minora; petiolus 1-2 poll. longus; omnia plus 
minus setoso-scabra. I'lures }-4 poll. diam. Nucule 1 lin. longs, 
facie supra areolam carinate. 
Notwithstanding the remarkable difference in habit from 
M owl 
acaulescent monotypic Tretocarya of Maxim 
see, the latter only differing in the dorsal forec of the nuts. Our plant 
Fig. 1. Fl wer. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla laid open. 4. Nut showing dorsal areole. 
5. Same, inner face, showing hilum, Ail enlarged. 
