Ascolepis. | CLVI, CYPERACEH (CLARKE). 475 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; marshy places in the Pra- 
sidium, Welwitsch, 1667 ! Huilla ; at Empelanca, Welwitsch, 1671! Newton, 2! 
I can discover no difference between Welwitsch n. 1667 and the Abyssinian 
A. eriocauloides except that the former is half as iarge again in every part. 
Var. B bellidifiora, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 76. Stems 4-15 in. long, 
often less slender than in typical 4. profea. Squamelle on the outer part of the 
head growing out, attaining !-} in. in length or even more; so that the rayed heads 
bear a remarkable resemblance to those of many Composite with numerous rows of 
ray-florets.—Oliver in Trans, Linn. Soc. xxix. 168, t. 110, A, fig. 1-3; C. B. Clarke 
in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 652; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
144; K. Schum. in Engl, Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 127; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 
130. A. ertocauloides, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 564. Antrolepis leucocephala, Welw. 
Apont. 578. A. leucantha, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 77. Antrolepis sp., 
T. Thoms, in Speke, Nile, Append. 654. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1919! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; spongy slopes and heights of the 
Presidium, anong huge rocks, Welwitsch, 16678! 1668! Huilla; between Lopollo 
and Nene, Welwitsch, 1672! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; near the River Wala, 
Speke § Grant! Urambo, Hannington! between Lake Tanganyika and Lake 
Rukwa, 600 ft., Nutt! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, 
3500-4000 ft., Whyte! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte! Zomba and 
plains, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte! Shire Highlands, Buchanan ! Scott-Elliot, 8594 bis ! 
at the foot of Mpembe Hill, 3000 ft., Kirk / Mandala, Scott-Elliot, 8463! Namasi, 
Cameron, 11! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 499! 
Var. y santolinoides, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 77. Head golden, 
globose or hemispheric, not or very slightly radiate. ©. Bb. Clarke im Durand 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 652; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 145; Rendle in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 130. Antrolepis sulphurea, and A. santolina, Welw. Apont. 
578. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; spongy slopes of the Presidium, 
Welwitsch, 1664! 1666! damp places by the River Cuanza, Welwitsch, 1665! 
Huilla; at Morro de Lopollo, 5300 {t., and near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1673! 
3. A. pinguis, C. B. Clarke. Stem 8-12 in. long, thick. Leaves 
much thicker than those of A. protea. Head globose, attaining 34 in. 
m diam. ; outer squamelle up to 14 in. long; otherwise as A. protea, 
var. bellidiflora. 
South Central. Congo Free State: 
escamps t 
Kitope, Descamps ! Albertville, 
4. A. anthemiflora, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 77,4 24, 
fig. 9-13. Stems 12-16 in. long, slender. Head # in. in diam., golden, 
hemispheric ; outer squamelle 4 in. long, otherwise as A. protea.— 
K. Schum. 
C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 651 7 
in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 127 (anthemidiflora) ; Rendle in Cat, Afr. PI. 
Welw. ii. 131. Antrolepis anthemiflora, Welw. Apont. 578. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; banks of the River Cuije, Wel - 
witsch, 1669! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nutt : 
Carson, 83 ! Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., Whyte : 
