44^ 



Tin: PiXl-S OV Al'STKALIA. 



Figure 297 —Tr;ui^v<T*e S4;u :. 1 .r:.. The bast fibres form a 



con*;piciious k-auirt- in iht- biruclure, with their rectangular 

 shape and central canal. P. elaia, x 76. 



FU"re 298.~LnnKitiidinnl s<*ctinn of bark showing the numerous sieve 

 p1al<-4 in the tube«. P. rlata, x 350. 



Sections of bark of Podocarpus elata, R.Br. 



