474 CLVI. CYPERACEE# (CLARKE). | Ascolepis. 
Heads from snow-white to a dirty straw-colour. 
Heads 3-1 in. in diam. . : : : : . 1. A. eriocauloides. 
Heads 3-1 in. in diam. 
Heads uct radiate. 
Stems 6-10 in. long - : : . 2. A. protea. 
Stems 16-20 in. long. : . : . 6. A. elata. 
Heads rayed : 2. A. protea, var. bellidi- 
flora. 
Heads 2-33 in. in diam. : E : . 3. A. pinguis. 
Heads golden-yellow. 
Head 1-3} in. in diam. . : 5 5 - . 2. A. protea, var. santo- 
linotdes. 
Head in. in diam.; leaves very slender : . 4, A. anthemiflora. 
Head 1-1 in. in diam.; leaves thicker, almost 
fleshy . . . . : : : . & A. speciosa. 
**PsEUDO-LIPOCARPHA.—Squamella very broadly obovate, wrapped round the 
nut, the margins free (or united just at the base ?). Style 3-fid. 
Small plants ; heads {—1 in. diam., of 1-8 distinct 
spikelets : ; : P : : . 7. A. pusilla. 
*** PLATYLEPIS.—Squamella obovate, strongly flattened, with acute scarious wigs, 
the nut in a small pocket on the posticous face. Style 2-fid. 
Spikelets 1-3 to the head, much fused together ; 
nut sessile. : : ‘ : é . 8. A, capensis. 
Spikelets usually 3-6 to the head, more distinet ; nut : 
minutely stalked. ‘ 5 : : ), A. brasiliensis. 
1. A. eriocauloides, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glin. ii. 109 partly. 
Glabrous. Stems 2-8 in. long, slender, thickened sub-bulbous at the 
base. Leaves } the length of the stem, linear. Head 1, hemispheric, 
dense, ;,—} in. in diam., straw-coloured ; bracts 4-3, pendent, 1g 
long, linear, dilated just at the base. Glumes linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 
1 the length of thesquamella. Squamella ;1, in. long, lanceolate linear, 
thick, hollowed out at the base to hold the nut. Stamen 1. Style 
} the length of the nut, linear; branches 2 or 3. Nut ;'y 10. long, 
narrowly obovoid, smooth, dark-brown.—Boeck. in Linnea, Xxxv1- 1; 
Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 75 in note; C. B. Clarke in Duran 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 652; Engl. Hochgebirgsf. Trop. Afr. 
144. Kyllinga eriocauloides, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 597. Lsolep's 
Ascolepis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 501. 
Wile Land. Abyssin'a: Gaddema, 7000 ft., Schimper, 106! Gafta, Schimper 
1195! Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1644! Shireh province, Quartin-Dillon & Petit. 
_ 2. A. protea, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvii. 79. Stems nA 
in. long, slender, in strong tufts, but hardly bulbous at the base. Hea : 
} to 3 in. in diam., hemispheric or subglobose. Squamella $ in. long; 
otherwise as A. eriocauloides.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. FI. Afr. v. 652; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. at 
K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 127; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 
1. 130. A. eriocauloides partly and A. kyllingioides partly, Steud. Syn- 
Pl. Glum. ii, 105, 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Shireh province, Quartin-Dillon § Petit! 
