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Female bracts crenate or dentate. 
Female bracts rather small, usually 
crowded and overlapping in the 
leaf-axils. 
Inflorescences collected towards the 
ends of the shoots; female 
bracts with numerous long 
gland-tipped hairs ‘ » 32. A. glomerata. 
Inflorescences not collected towards 
the ends of the shoots ; female 
bracts ciliate, with no or very 
few gland-tipped hairs . . 33. A. crenata. 
Female bracts large and foliaceous, 
very laxly arranged. 
Female bracts dentate, more or less 
reniform when spread out; 
an erect usually unbranched 
Herb. “ . 34. A. indica. 
Female bracts ants a more or less 
ovate when spread out, often 
with a few gland- tipped 
hairs; a small herb, often 
much branched from the base 35. A. segefalis. 
tt? Perennials; stems herbaceous and arising 
from a rhizome, or much-branched 
woody shrubs. 
Stems herbaceous, arising from a woody 
rhizome. 
Leaves linear, linear-oblong or oblong, 
not densely villous. 
Male portion of inflorescence long and 
very slender and usually long- 
pedunculate ; leaves serene glab- 
rous above : . 36. A. Stuhklmannii. 
Male portion of inflorescence short 
and nearly sessile; Jeaves more 
or less setose-pubescent above . 37. A. ambigua. 
Leaves ovate, densely whitish villous . 38. A. eriophylla. 
Shrubs with woody branches. 
Ovary tubercular. 
Leaves subsessile ; inflorescence short ; 
bracts of the female flowers very 
small, inconspicuous. . 39, A. subsessilis. 
Leaves distinctly petiolate ; inflores- 
cence ‘elongated; bracts of the 
female flowers foliaceous,. con- 
spicuous ; * ‘ - 40. A. neptunica. 
Ovary not tubercular, 
Leaves cordate at the base; female 
bracts inserted at the base of the 
axis supporting the male flowers . 41. 4. Volkensii. 
Leaves rounded, truncate or sub- 
cuneate at the base; female bracts 
inserted about the middle of the 
axis supporting the male flowers . 42. 4. bipartita. 
