476 cLvi. CYPERACE^ (clauke). [AscolepU: 



This differs from A. protea, var. hellidiflora in its golden bead, from A. j^roiea,' 

 var. suniollnoides in its strongly radiate liead ; it might be arranged as another 

 variety of A. 'protea. As to wliich forms of A. protea should be esteemed as 

 •*' species " the latest views of Wehvitsch are here followed. 



5. A, speciosa, Weho. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 78, t. 24, Jig. 

 1-8. Rhizome J by \ in., prjemorse. Stems 6-lS in. long, rather 

 stout, densely tutted ; leaf-sheaths stout, black, finally reduced to fibres. 

 Leaves about ^ the length of the stem, rather stout. Head J-1 in. in 

 diam., globose or hemispheric, very dense, golden, not radiate ; otherwise 

 as A. jji'otea. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Couspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

 (152, and in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, iii. 31 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 145 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 127 ; Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PL Welw. ii. 131. A. vatkemm, Boeck. in AUgem. Bot. 

 Zeitschr. 1896, 55. 



IiO-wer Guinea. Angola : in lofty pastures near Lopolla, 500 ft., Welwitsch, 

 1674. ! Ovamboland, Hopfner, 82 ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. British East Africa: Urungu ; Fvvambo, 5250 ft., Nufl ! 

 Carson, 66 ! 



All the Fwanibo examples differ a little from Welvvitsch's Angolan type by 

 having the stems sub-bulbous at the base. 



T). A. elata, Weho. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 79. Stems 16-20 

 in. long, densely tufted, rather slender, the sheaths black, ultimately 

 torn into fibres. Leaves rather numerous, J the length of the stem, 

 linear. Head § in. in diam., hemispheric, snow-white, otherwise as 

 A. speciosa. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 651, 

 including var. ^. gracilior ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 131, 

 Anirolepis elata, Welw. Apont. 578. 



Zpo-wer Crulnea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in marshy places, between 

 €ondo and Quisonde, not far from the River Cuanza, 3500-3800 ft., Welwitsch, 

 1670 ! Malange, Mechow, 332 ! 



The stamens are usually 2 ; when 3, they are anticous as usual, not as depicted 

 by Welwitsch, 



7. A. pusilla, Ridley in Trans. Li7in. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 164, t. 23, 

 Jig. 10-14. Glabrous. Stems 2-Q in. long, annual, tufted, slender. 

 Leaves J the length of the stem, setaceous. Head l-\ in. in diam., 

 straw-coloured, of 3 (rarely 2-1) distinct densely-flowered spikelets ; 

 bracts 2-3, up to 1-3 in. long, spreading or pendent. Spikelets ^2"^ 

 in. long when young ; in fruit elongating, with the lower glumes and 

 nuts caducous seriatim from the base, as in Lipocarpha. Glumes minute, 

 narrow-oblong, shorter than the squamellse. Squamella -iV~ro ^^- ^^ng, 

 of thick loose tissue, broadly obovate, truncate ; rostrum short or 

 minute, margins enrolled round the nut, overlapping, free to the base 

 in Barter n. 761. Nut J the length of the squamella, oblong- ellipsoid, 

 subtrigonous, smooth, dark chestnut-coloured. Style | the length of 

 the nut ; branches 3, linear, short, hardly exserted above the rim of the 



