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On the probable origin of the unilocular ovary of the Compositæ from the Stylidiaceæ

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It is suggested that the unilocular ovary of the Compositæ may have originated as a result of the gradual suppression or incomplete development of the septum separating the two locules in the ovary of the Stylidiaceæ. It is also possible that the unilocular condition of the Compositæ may have been derived as a result of abortion of one of the locules, for, this tendency is already evident in certain species ofStylidium likeS. adnatum.

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  1. Department of Botany, Central College, Bangalore

    K. Subramanyam

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Communicated by Dr. P. Maheshwari,f.a.sc.

Part of work done during the tenure of a Junior Research Fellowship of the National Institute of Sciences of India.

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Subramanyam, K. On the probable origin of the unilocular ovary of the Compositæ from the Stylidiaceæ. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 33, 327–330 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050554

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