WATTLES OR ACACTIAS. : 27 
one, two or three rows of compressed thin-walled cells. The 
woody fibres are very long, finely pointed, comparatively thick- 
walled, and very scantily dotted; in cross-section they show 
Fig. XI. 
Fie. XI.—(Acacia Mitchelli).—1, a separate flower before full expansion ; 2, a 
separate flower fully expanded, showing the bearded divisions of the calyx (sepals), 
the lanceolar petals, the numerous filaments with roundish anthers, and the central 
ovary terminated by the twisted style ; 3,stamen; 4, portion of the fruit (legumen) 
laid open, exhibiting a seed with its thick aril and slender funicle ; 5, transverse 
and 6, longitudinal section of a seed, showing the two cotyledons; all analytic 
details variously magnified. 
