474 CLVi. CYPERACE.« (clarke). [Ascolepis. 



Heads from Hiiow-white to a cHrty straw-colour. 



Heads ^-^ in. in diam. . . . . . . 1. A. eriocauloides. 



Heads \-\ in. in diam. 

 Heads not radiate. 



Stems 6-10 in. long . . . . .2. A.protea. 



Stems 16-20 in. long . . . . . Q. A. elata. 



Heads rayed . . . . . . . 2. A. jprotea, var. hellidi- 



fiora. 

 Heads 2-3i in. in diam. . . . . . Z. A. pingnis. 



Heads golden-yellow. 



Head \-h in. in diam. . . . . . . 2. A. protea, var. santo- 



Hnoides, 

 Head ^ in. in diam. ; leaves very slender . .4.-4. anfhemiflora. 



Head ^-1 in. in diam. ; leaves thicker, almost 



tlesliy . . . . . . . . ^. A. speciosa. 



**Psj:UDO-LiPOCARPHA. — Squamella very broadly obovate, wrapped i-ound the- 

 nut, the margins free (or united just at the base ?). Style 3-fid. 

 Small plants'; heads ^i in. diam., of 1-3 distinct 



spikelets . . . . . . . 7. A. pusilla. 



***Platylepis. — Squamella obovate, strongly flattened, with acute scarious wings, 

 the nut in a small pocket on the posticous face. Style 2-fid. 

 Spikelets 1-3 to the head, much fused together ; 



nut se»sile . . . . . . .8.-4. capensis. 



Spikelets usually 3-6 to the head, more distinct ; xmX, 



minutely stalked ..... .A. hrasiliensis. 



J. A. eriocauloides, Steud. Syn. PI. Giimi. ii. 105 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, yV"! ^^- ^^ diam., straw-coloured; bracts 4-3, pendent, 1-2J in. 

 long, linear, dilated just at the base. Glumes linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 J the length of the squamella. Squamella yV in. long, lanceolate linear, 

 thick, hollowed out at the base to hold the nut. Stamen 1. Style 

 h the length of the nut, linear ; branches 2 or 3. Nut ^^ in. long, 

 narrowly obovoid, smooth, dark-brown. — Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvii. 1 ; 

 Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxyii. 75 in note ; C. B. Clarke in Durand 

 k Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 652 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 144. Kyllinga eriocauloides, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 597. Isolepis 

 Ascolepis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 501. 



Nile l^and. Abyssinia : Gaddema, 7000 ft., Schimper, 106 ! Grafta, Schimper, 

 1195 ! Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1644 1 Shireh province, Qnariin- Dillon dS/- Petit. 



2. A, protea, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 75. Stems 4-10 

 in. long, slender, in strong tufts, but hardly bulbous at the base. Head 

 J to 'i in. in diam., hemispheric or subglobose. Squamella ^ in. long; 

 otherwise as A. eriocauloides. — 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. PI. Welw. 

 ii. 130. A. eriocxuhides partly and A. kyllingioides partly, Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Glum. ii. 107 



Xrile ]bancl. A.by6sinia : Shireh province, Quartin-Dillon ^ Petit ! 



