WATTLES OR ACACIAS. 3a 
in conspicuously stalked dense spikes. Bracts linear, channelled, 
pointed, deciduous. Calyx {-3 of an inch long, with five acute 
lobes, the two 
upper of which 
by their union 
shorter. Petals 
lilac or white. 
Upper petal 
oval-lanceolar, 
almost sessile, 
longer than the 
rest; lower pe- 
tals slightly 
coherent, with 
a supra-basal 
lobe, as long as 
the lateral pe- 
tals, and as well 
as these nar- 
rowed into a 
stalk-like base. 
Stamens ten ; 
the upper one 
separated and 
disconnected ; 
the nine others 
connected to 
near the mid- 
dle by a ten- 
der membrane. 
Anthers  oval- 
heartshaped, 
bursting so as 
to almost form 
twovalves from 
their summit. 
Pollen - grains 
Fic. XIV. 
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Fic. XIV.—(Glycyrrhiza psoraloides),—The main-figure 
of natural size; 1, a separate flower with a bract below; 2, 
upper petal ; 3, a lateral petal; 4, a lower petal; 5, stamens 
and pistil ; 6, a pollen-grain ; 7, a fruit ; 8, section of fruit ; 
9, seed; 10, embryo (cotyledons and radicle) ; the main-figure 
of natural dimensions ; 6, magnified 300 times. 
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