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THE ALPINE AND SUB- ALPINE VEGETATION 
138. Bnissaiopsis Dene. & Planch. 
S55. Brassaiopsis alpiiia C. B. Clarke 
Karpauang, Phadonclien, 8—10^000 ft., Nos. 3005, 44.] 0. 
130. Macropaiiax Miq. 
856. Macropaiiax oreophiliiiu Miq. 
PhadoQchen 5 — 7,000 ft. 
140. Iledera Linn. 
857. Hedera Helix Linn. 
W. of Tanka La, 9—10,000 ft. 
141. Gaiilble«a c. B. Clarke. 
358. Oaniblea eiliata C. B. Clarke 
Fieunggong, 10,000 ft. Gammie\ 
XL!.— CORWiCE.*;. 
14’3. Alaiigium Lamk. 
859. Alangium begoniifolium (Roxb.) Baill. 
Rhenock, Ari, 3 — 5,000 ft., No. 4493. 
? VAR. alpiua. 
Phadoneben, 6 — 9,000 ft., No. 4494. 
It has long been known that there are two “ Marleas ” in the Sikkim Himalaya. 
Among the specimens collected by Sir Joseph Hooker there is one marked “ 2 Marlea 
alt. 6— 9,000 ft." This is the one referred to by C. B. Clarke in the “ Flora of 
British India,” Vol. II, p. 744, as var. alpina. It is distinguished from the type 
by the leaves not angular, hairy all over bene.ath and no tufts in the ner /e-axils. 
Later Sir George King separated similar plants in fruit as Marlea sikkimensis King 
kiss. In Kew Herbarium meanwhile to judge from Bi-andis, “ Indian Trees” 
p. 365, the same plant appears as Marlea alpina Gamble Mss. and as such is 
accorded in that volume a brief diagnosis. 
The tree is recognised by the Lepcha aborigines of Sikkim as distinct and 
receives in their language a different name. The low level form 1— '6,000 ft. is 
Palit-kung while the high level from 5 — 9,000 ft. is Palit-nyok. 
Wangerin in ‘ Das PJianzenreich' iv, 220 b., p. 20, makes no reference to this 
species or variety, and to judge from the measurements given of the fruit of the 
widespread did not see an aathenti 9 specimen of the high Sikkim 
plant. The fruit of this plant measures 18 — 20 mm. long, and 8—9 mm. broad^ 
measurements which exceed the limits given to A, begoniifolium^ Further observa- 
tions in the field are wanted. 
