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Morphological and anatomical studies in helobiae

V. Vascular anatomy of the flower ofLilaea scilloides (Poir) Hamm

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The vascular anatomy of the flower ofLilaea scilloides has been described in this paper. The flowers are polygamous. Each perfect flower consists of a perianth segment, a sessile stamen and a closely appressed carpel. The perfect flower ofLilaea, that has been considered by some authors as a secondary inflorescence consisting of one staminate and one pistillate flower, is regarded here as a normal bisexual flower.

The presence of three dorsal bundles in the gynoecium ofLilaea suggests its tricarpellary nature and the so-called monocarpellary condition appears to have been brought about by suppression of two of the three carpels. It appears logical that the ventral strand, which supplies the solitary ovule, is the fusion product of the ventral bundles of the only surviving carpel.

The present investigation also gives some support for segregatingLilaea to a separate family.

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  1. School of Plant Morphology, Meerut

    V. Singh

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Communicated by Professor V. Puri,f.a.sc.

Research contribution No. 69 from the School of Plant Morphology, Meerut College, Meerut.

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Singh, V. Morphological and anatomical studies in helobiae. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 61, 316–325 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050961

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