| 1. | Inflorescences occur in the axils and at the ends of branches.
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| 2. | The inflorescences branch out from the axils of the lower leaves.
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| 3. | Green flowers with six tiny tepals are borne in the axils.
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| 4. | Male flowers are located in leaf axils or in spikelike inflorescences.
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| 5. | On either side of the leaf axils are two rounded stipules.
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| 6. | The inflorescence contains pistillate heads in leaf axils below the clusters.
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| 7. | Flowers occur in the axils of both submerged and floating leaves.
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| 8. | Flowers are solitary or grow in pairs from the leaf axils.
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| 9. | They have also been collected from banana axils and rock holes.
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| 10. | Now think of spinning a bicycle wheel axil on your hand.
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