Take one flower each of the families Fabaceae and Solanaceae an

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11.

Define the following terms:
epipetalous stamen

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12.

Define the following terms:

(a) Racemose and cymose inflorescence

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13.

Define the following terms:
(b) Fibrous root and adventitious root

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14.

Define the following terms:
(c) Apocarpous and syncarpous ovary

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15.

Draw the labelled diagram of the following:
(i) Gram seed     (ii)    V.S. of maize seed

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16.

Describe modifications of stem with suitable examples.

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17.

Take one flower each of the families Fabaceae and Solanaceae and write its semi-technical description. Also draw their floral diagram after studying them.


Semi-technical descriptions of flowers of following families are:
Fabaceae
Family - Fabaceae

Vegetative characters
Herb
Leaf: Pinnately compound, alternately arranged with leaf tendrils with the pulvinus present at the leaf base. Venation is reticulate. 
Root: Tap root system with root nodules.

Floral features:
Inflorescence: racemose .
Flower: zygomorphic and bisexual.
Calyx: Sepals which are gamosepalous while aestivation is imbricate.
Corolla: five petals (polypetalous) with vexillary aestivation.
Androecium: ten anthers that are diadelphous with dithecous anthers.
Gynoecium: Monocarpellary superior ovary which is unilocular with marginal   placentation.
Fruit: Legume pod with non-endospermic seeds
Floral formula:


Floral Diagram:

Solanaceae
Solanum lycopersicum (Tomato) 

Family  - Solanaceae
Vegetative characters
Shrub

Stem: herbaceous stem, aerial, erect , branched solid

Leaf: alternate , simple, exstipulate and reticulate venation

 

Floral features:
Inflorescence: Cymose
Flower: bisexual and actinomorphic.
Calyx:  five sepals, united persistant, valvate aestivation
Corolla: five petals, united, valvate aestivation
Androecium: five stamens, epipetalous
Gynoecium: bicarpellary, syncarpous superior ovary, bilocular, placenta swollen with many ovules
Fruit: berry
Seeds: many endosperms






 

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18.

Describe the various types of placentations found in flowering plants.

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19.

What is a flower? Describe the parts of a typical angiosperm flower

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20.

How do the various leaf modifications help plants?

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