130 XXVII. CYPERACE.t. [Lipoccirpha 



with Aacolrpis, Dec. 18r)6 ; and sunny marshes in the prsesidium, and 

 near Quilanga ; Feb. 1857. No. 6774. Marshes at Catete ; Feb. 1857. 

 No. 6785 (in part). 



Huir.LA. — Very plentiful in sandy-clayey fields after a crop of 

 Sorghuiii, ; growing with many other Scirpoideae and species of Erta- 

 caulon, forming dense cushions ; April and May 1860. No. 6775. 



7. L. multibracteata C. B. Clarke, I.e. 

 Ascolejjis pusilla Ridl., I.e., p. 164 pro parte. 



HuiLLA. — Plentiful in fields after the Sorrjlmin harvest : end of 

 May 1860. No. 6773. 



12. ASCOLEPIS Nees ; Benth. t Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 10.54. 



1. A. protea Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 75 (1809) ; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 652. 



PuxGO AxDdNUo. — Heads a splendid snow-white. In the higher 

 rocky somewhat spongy pastures of the prajsidium near Tnnda Quilombo. 

 Plentiful in fl. Nov. and Dec. 1856. No. 1667- 



HuiLLA. — Plentiful in rather damp rocky pastures, growing with 

 Jsoetes huiUensis and CommelinaceaB in lofty places at Empalanca. In 

 fl. and fr. Feb. and April 1860. No. 1671- Spongy wooded meadows 

 near Lopollo ; April 18(50. Coll. Carp. 1063. 



Var. ^. bellidiflora Welw., I.e., p. 76 ; C. B. Clarke, I.e. 



Antrolepis leucantha Welw., I.e., p. 77. 



A. leucocephala Welw. Apont. p. 578 (nomen in nota 3). 



PuNGO AxDOXGd. — Plentiful in rather spongy places among gigantic 

 rocks on the heights near Tunda Quilombo in the jDrfesidium ; begin- 

 ning of Jan. 18;')7. No. 1667/'. Flowers a splendid snow-white. Very 

 plentiful on spongy slopes grown with short herbage at the foot of 

 huge rocks, Barrancos de Catete ; in fl. and fr. Jan. and Feb. 1857. 

 No. 1668. 



HuiLLA. — Heads a splendid snow-white, very elegant. Plentiful in 

 rather damp shortly herb-grown pastures between Lopollo and Nene 

 on the way to Humpata ; in fl. and fr. May i860. No. 1672. 



Var. y. santolinoides Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e. 



Antrolepis sulphurea et A. santolina Welw. Ai)ont. I.e. (nomina). 



PuNGO AxDONGo. — Heads sulphur-coloured or golden, resembling 

 when alive those of species of Sa/itolina. Very plentiful in marshy 

 places, and in the spongy slopes and meadows of the pnesidinm, 

 especially near Catete ; in fl. Jan. and Feb., in fl. and fr. March 1857. 

 No. 1664. Heads yellow. Damp spongy meadows on the river Cuanza 

 near Sansamanda ; in fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. No. 1665- Flowers sulphur- 

 coloured, sometimes rather pale. Very plentiful in wet spongy places 

 and spongy short-grassed slopes near the foot of the rocks of the 

 praesidium : in fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. No. 1666. Damp pastures of 

 the prcesidium near Catete ; in fr. Feb. 1857. Coll. Carp. 1073. 

 Marshy meadows at Catete ; June 1857. Coll. Carp. 1074. Marshy 

 meadows on the river Cuije ; March 1857. Coll. Carp. 170. 



HuiLLA. — Heads bright orange-yellow. Rather rare growing in 

 somewhat spongy lofty meadows with species of JJ/sa, at Morro de 

 Lopollo at 5.S00 feet elevation ; and in damp pastures near Lopollo ; 

 in fl. Feb. 1860. No. 1673. 



