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Flowers monecious. 
Female inflorescence paniculate : ; - 6. A. paniculata. 
Female inflorescence spicate. 
Ovary with gland-tipped hairs, 
Leaves sessile or. subsessile 2 ‘ . FW. A, Teusczii. 
Leaves with petioles 3—} in. long. 
Stems short, arising from a rhizome; 
bracts of the female flowers coarsely 
dentate; sepals3. ‘ ; - 8. A. benguelensis. 
Shrub or undershrub; bracts of the 
female flowers lobed nearly to the 
middle; sepals4—. ° - 9. A. senensis, 
Ovary without gland-tipped es 
Stems very sticky with numerous gland- 
tipped hairs. - 10. A. Allenii. 
Stems not sticky, rarely with a ‘few gland- 
tipped hairs in the, upper part, 
Bracts of the female flowers with nume- 
rous gland-tipped hairs on the teeth 
or within (see also 16, villicaulis). 
Styles bilobed and not laciniate - 11. A. nigritiana. 
Styles laciniate. 
Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, 
closely serrate . : . 12. A. ornata. 
Leaves lanceolate or linear- rele 
late, dentate. . 13. A. paucifolia. 
Bracts of the female flowers without 
gland-tipped hairs (rarely a few 
present in 16, villicaulis). 
Leaves linear ; ovary glabrous . . 14. A. angustissima. 
Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or 
oblong. 
Ovary glabrous . , . . 15. A. welwitschiana, 
Ovary hairy. 
Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; 
petiole 4 in. long or more. 
Stems villous with long re- 
flexed hairs; bracts and 
ovary densely hirsute . 16. A. villicaulis, 
Stems shortly tomentose or 
pubescent, or at length 
nearly glabrous; bracts 
and ovary pilose with 
weak spreading hairs. 
Petiole 14-3 in. long; sti- 
pules 2-3 lin. long =. 17. A. manniana, 
Petiole about 4 in. long; 
stipules about 14 lin. 
long . : Q . 18. A. nyasica. 
Leaves lanceolate or obovate- 
lanceolate, subsessile or 
shortly petiolate. 
A much-branched shrub . 3. A. chirindica. 
Stems simple, very short, aris- 
ing from a woody rhizome. 
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