Puate 2256. 
ACTINOCARYA TIBETICA, C. B. Clarke. 
BoraGiInEz. Subtribe CrnoGcLossez. 
A. tibetica, 0. B. Olarke in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 155; herba 
gracilis diffusa sparse cab armen v. glabrata, foliis obiaiiidae is spathu- 
latisve obtusis, floribus minimis graciliter pedice cellatis pedicels inser- 
tione bractem foliacesw arcte approximatis, calycis 5-partiti segmentis 
oblongo- lanceolatis acutinsculis petuloeb-clliolatis corollee rotate tubo 
obtusis emarginatis instructo, limbi lobis rotundatis integris, antheris 
parvis inclusis ellipticis inuppendiculatis medio tubi insertis, stylo 
Has. Western Tibet; Nubra, near Karsar, 13,000 feet, Thomson. 
Folia basi gradatim era inferiora et radicalia longiuscule 
earn Lacey 4-1 poll. longa. Pedicelli $-} poll. longi. Flores 
& poll. 
A curious little ny of which we only possess Dr. Thomson's 
Mr. Clarke makes no reference to a cyathiform appendage. In ripe 
nuts, however, it is conspicuous and as here figured.—D. Ouivek. 
Fig. 1, Flower, 2. Calyx laid open, corolla sneha 3. Corolla laid open. 
4. Fruit. 6, Nut detached and laid open. All enlarged 
