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900. Phyllodia from dimidiately lanceolar- rhomboid to 



almost deltoid, the lateral angle below the middle. 



Shrub, almost procumbent ; phyllodia short, very inequi- 

 lateral, gradually much pointed ; headlets of flowers 

 solitary, their stalks about as long as the phyllodia ; 

 fruit narrow, almost straight ; seeds roundish, mottled, 

 without any arillar appendage. A. vcmeriforniis. 



Phyllodia oblique-cuneate, the lateral angle above the 

 middle. 



Low shrub ; branchlets pungent ; phyllodia very short, 

 inequilateral ; headlets of flowers solitary, their stalks 

 rather longer than the phyllodia ; fruit narrow, spirally 

 twisted ; arillar seed-appendage cup-shaped. 



A. acanthoclada. 



901. Phyllodia compressed-filiform ... ... 902 



Phyllodia flat 903 



902. Phyllodia with only one venule on each side. 



Tall glabrous shrub ; phyllodia generally elongated, hardly 

 rigid, at the apex recurved; thevenules impressed; head- 

 lets of flowers solitary or oftener two together or shortly 

 racemose ; calyx divided into sepals ; fruit long, very 

 narrow, bi-convex, often constricted between the seeds. 



A. calamifolia. 



Phyllodia finely streaked with several venules on 

 each side. 



Tall shrub ; phyllodia elongated, as well as the branchlets 

 beset with very minute hairlets ; headlets of flowers 

 solitary or two or seldom few together on very short 

 stalks ; calyx divided into lobes ; fruit linear, convex, 

 between the seeds constricted. A. rigens. 



903. Phyllodia with one or rarely two longitudinal venules 



on each side ... ... ... ... ... ... 904 



Phyllodia with more than two longitudinal venules on 

 each side ... ... ... ... ... ... 926 



904. Headlets of flowers solitary or in pairs. (Also some 



forms of A. brachybotrya and of A. salicina) ... ... 905 



Headlets of flowers in racemes .. ... ... 915 



