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918. Phyllodia glabrous. 



Shrubby or arborescent ; phyllodia small, very inequi- 

 lateral, from almost deltoid to nearly trapezoid, imper- 

 fectly traversed by two main-venules ; flowers in each 

 headlet never numerous ; fruit flat, narrow, nearly 

 straight, somewhat contracted between the seeds ; arillar 

 appendage small, pale, simply turgid. Figure 50. 



A. pravissima. 



Phyllodia beset with short hairlets. 



Tall shrub ; phyllodia rather inequilateral, almost dimidiate, 

 mostly somewhat ovate-lanceolar, short-pointed, lined 

 by one main-venule ; stalks of the headlets beset with 

 short hairlets ; fruit comparatively broad, much com- 

 pressed, straight ; arillar appendage nearly as long as 

 the seed. A. vestita. 



919. Racemes of unexpanded flower-headlets enclosed in 



large petaloid scale-like bracts ; seeds transverse. 



Shrub, rather tall ; branchlets prominently triangular ; phyl- 

 lodia straight, firm, from narrow- to elongate lanceolar, 

 their lateral venules concealed ; flowers pale-yellowish or 

 almost whitish, few in each headlet ; fruit from broad- 

 oval to elliptical, strongly compressed ; arillar appendage 

 brownish-black, supporting only the base of the seed. 



A. suaveolens. 



Racemes without any conspicuous bracts ; seeds longi- 

 tudinal ... ... ... 920 



920. Racemes of headlets often considerably longer than 



the phyllodia. 



Shrub, rather tall ; phyllodia firm, greyish-green, obliquely 

 lanceolar- or elliptic -cuneate, inequilateral, short-pointed; 

 racemes generally longer than the phyllodia; flowers 

 usually few in each headlet ; fruit much compressed, 

 linear-elliptical, generally straight ; seeds close along the 

 anterior margin of the fruit ; arillar appendage somewhat 

 unilateral. A. luiiata. 



Racemes of headlets often about as long as or shorter 

 than the phyllodia ... ... 921 



921. Flowers rather few in each headlet. 



Shrubby ; phyllodia narrow- or elongate-lanceolar, slightly 

 curved, provided at the upper edge and distant from the 

 base with one or two or rarely three prominent glandules ; 



