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species are distinguished in this difficult genus are as yet very uncertain and for the. 
most part mi 
n the e females, pubese ent or hirsute. Spikes paniculate. tj 
gems tilde, iie and muse ovary in the males, ovary 
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sessile. Perianth- segments ovate memi 
cere rounded a t the nd - A, Ghesembilla s 
Female flowers podióellitié Perianth- -segments very hdi" 
and obtuse. Leaves often obtusely acumi be Foie Dallachyanum. : 
Flowers in the interior perfectly glabrous. 
Spikes or racemes mostly pa Flowers nearly gom 3. A. Bunius. 
Spikes or racemes mostly simple. Female flowers pe 
av in. 
Perianth-segments broad. Fruit small 4. A. parvifolium. 
geom Pis or elliptical, 1 to 2 inches long. inside” 
i eolate. Fruit me . 5. A. Schultzii. 
aiias mres lanceolate or elliptical 2to 4in ju 
perianth shortly and broadly 4lobed. Fruit uel black 6. A. erostre. 
Leaves oblong or elliptical, ae sinuate, 2 to 4 in. lon 
Female — — and peers 4-lobed. Fruit rather 
large . A, sinuatum. 
mbilla, Gertn. Fruct. i. 189, t. 39. A shrub or small 
1. A. Ghzese 
tree, the young branches foliage and inflorescence more or less pu- 
4 sr or bg] the full-grown leaves often glabrous. Leaves 
ly orbicular, tay 
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Indian specimens less so in the Australian ones, 1 to 2 in. long, the 
- females shorter and looser, both solitary or more frequently several in a 
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terminal panicle. Male flowers sessile or nearly so ; perianth deeply 
at | : 
yles short, iait at the base, spreading upwards, shortly 
- 9.lob Drupes “purple,” not above 3 lines long , usually obli did ege ely 
ovoid and 1-seeded, but said to m occasionally didymous and 2-seede 
Muell. Arg. in DG. Prod. xv. ii. 251; A. pan idle Roxb.; Wight 
Ie. t. 820, and pm synonyms diät by Muell. Arg. l.c. 
N. Australia eening Bay, N.W. coast, A. Cunn mani, Point Je Nee Vic- 
toria and Fitzmaurice pem rs, F. Mueller ; Port Darwin, EX vultz, n. 694, —This 
Gina is widely diffused over Bast Tudia and the Archi pelago iron Ceylon to S. 
2. A. Dallachyanum, Baill. Adans. vi. 937. A shrub or small tree, 
closely allied to A. Ghasembilla, the young shoots rather less pubescent 
and the adult foliage often almost glabrous. Leaves from ovate to 
Bnocolsto-elliptiesl obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 2 to 
4in. long on petioles of 2 to 4 lines. Male spikes pubescent, od 
pes but sometimes solitary, more slender than in A. Ghesemhi 
