Ascolejns] xxvii. cyperace.e. 131 



2. A. anthemiflora Welw. in Trans. Linn. 8oc., I.e., p. 77; 

 C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 651. 



Antrolepis anthemiflora Welw. Apont., I.e. 



PuxGO Andoxcjo.— Plentiful ou the marshy banks of the river 

 Cuije, but not seen elsewhere in Angola. Growing with species of 

 Strifja, Sderla, and CommelinaceEe ; in. fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 1669- 



.3. A. speciosa Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 78 ; C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 652. 



HuiLi.A. — Heads a deep sulphur colour at flowering time, girt with 

 a tawny gold margin in the fruiting stage. Very plentiful in rather 

 damp lofty pastures flooded in the rainy season near LopoUo at about 

 S.oOO ft. elevation; growing with Thymelteaceae ; Jan. to April 1860. 

 No. 1674. Damp pastures near the Hippopotamus lake ; June 1860. 

 €()LL. Carp. 4. 



4. A. elata Welw., I.e., p. 79; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 651. 

 Antrolepis elata Welw. Apont., I.e. 



Pi'Xfio AxDoxcio. — Leaves pale greenish, flowers whitish, almost 

 whitish-chestnut, not shining. Here and there in marshy meadows 

 between Condo and Quisonde not far from the right bank of the 

 ■Cuanza between 3500 and 3800 ft. Growing with Drosera ind/c, 

 species of Eriox/ieriauui, Xyrifi, and Anacjallis 2)utiiUa ; in fl. and fr. 

 March 1857. No. 1670. 



5. A. capensis Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. 164 

 {1884); C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 651. 



Flatylepis capensis Kunth Enum. ii. p. 269 (1837). 



HuiLLA. — A very elegant plant ; heads snow-white, or milk-white, 

 raised-hemispherical becoming ovoid. Very plentiful along with 

 species of FlrloainJon in spongy meadows grown with short herbage on 

 the way from Lopollo to Morro de Lopollo ; in fl. and fr. Oct., Dec. 

 1859. No. 1676. Marshy places near Ferrao da Sola ; April 1860. 

 No. 1676&. Heads milk-white ovoid obtuse compact. Specimens in 

 good fruit. In spongy marshy places growing with species of Dha and 

 Hahi'iiavta on the higher parts of Morro de Lopollo ; in fl. and fr. Feb. 

 to AprillSGO. No. 1677- Serra d' Uiahoia ; April 1860. No. 16776. 

 Simulating an Eriocciuhm. Damp jiastures of Lopollo ; 30 Nov. 1859. 

 Coll. Carp. 1065. 



6. A. pusilla Ridl., I.e. pro parte ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 652. 

 HuiLLA. — An annual scarcely Ii in. high, culms sparsely c^espitose 



erect, flower-heads whitish. Poor wooded rather damp pastures round 

 Lopollo and Monino. Scarcely in flower middle of April, in fr. 

 beginning of May 1860. No. 1678. 



Tribe hi. RYXCHOSPOREuE. 



13. RYNCHOSPORA Vahl ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 1058. 



1. R. aurea Vahl Enum. PL ii. p. 229 (1806); Pddl. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. 165 (1884); C. B. Clarke in Durand & 

 Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 653. 



PuNGO AxDOXGO. — In marshy places with a species of Scitaminea3. 

 Quisonde on the Cuanza ; March 1857. No. 6844. ]Marshes of Lagoa 

 de Quibinda, living in deep water ; March 1857. No. 6845. 



