Ascolepis.] CLVi. cyperace-e (clarke). 475- 



Ko'wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Audongo ; mnr.ihy places in the Pre- 

 sidium, Wehoitsch, 1667 ! Huilla ; at Enipelancii, Welivitsch, 1671 ! Newfon, 2 ! 



I can discover no difference between Welwitsch n. 1667 and the Abyssinian 

 A. eriocauloides except that the former is lialf as large again in every part. 



Var. /3 hellidijlora, Wehv. in Ti'ans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 76. Stems 4-15 in. lonjr, 

 often less slender than in typical A. protea. SquamelUe on the onter part of the 

 head growing out, attaining —^ in. in length or even more ; so that the rayed head* 

 bear a remarkable rtsemblauce to those of many CompoHiloi 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. Schuni. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 127; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. v. 

 130. A. eriocauloides^ Boeck. in Flora. 1879, 564. Antrolepis leticocephala,, Wehv. 

 Apont. 578. A. leucanfha, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 77. Antrolepis sp., 

 T. Thorns, in Sjjcke, Nile, Append. 654. 



XTile Xiand. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schtveivfurth^ 1919 ! 



DLower Guinea. Angola : Punoo Andougo ; spongy slopes and heights of the 

 Praisidium, among huge rocks, Weliintsch, IQQl Ji\ 1668! Huilla; between Lopollo 

 and Nene, Welwitsch, 1672 ! 



mxozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; near the River Wala, 

 Speke ^ Grant ! Urambo, Hannington ! between Lake Tanganyika and Lake 

 Rukwa, 600 ft,, Nutt ! British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, 

 8500-4000 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-ElHot, 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 vei'y slightly radiate. — C. B. Clarke in Durand 

 & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 652 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 145; Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 130. Antrolepis sidphurea, and A. santoh'na, Welw. Apont. 

 578. 



Kower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo; spongy slopes of the Praesidium, 

 Welwitsch, 1664 ! 1666 ! damp places by the River Cuanza, Welwitsch, 1665 ! 

 Huilla ; at Morro de Lopollo, 5300 (t., and near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1673 ! 



o.. A. pinguis, 0. B. Clarke. Stem 8-12 in. long, thick. Leaves 

 much thicker than those of A. protea. Head globose, attaining 3i- in. 

 in diam. ; outer squamellae up to Ih in. long; otherwise as A. protea, 

 var. hellidiflora. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Kitope, Descamps ! Albertvillc, 

 Descamps ! 



4. A. anthemiflora, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 77, t. 24, 

 fig. 9-13. Stems 12-1() in. long, slender. Head | in. in diam., golden, 

 hemispheric ; outer squamellse ^ in. long, otherwise as A. protea. — 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v, 651 ; K. Schum. 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 127 (antheynidi flora) ; Eendle in Cat. Afr. 

 Welw. ii. 131. Antrolepis anthemijlora, Welw. Apont. 578. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo; banks of the River Cuije, Wei - 

 Kitsch, 1669 ! 



XMCozamb. Xllst. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nutt I 

 Carson, 83 ! Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500-4000 It., Whyte ! 



