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Flower

Kind : Regular, actinomorphic, zygomorphic,

hermaphrodite, unisexual, etc.

Insertion : Sessile, pedicellate; pedicel, short, long, etc.

Calys : (a) Present or absent;

(b) Cohesion: Gamosepalous, polysepalous.

(c) No. of Sepals or of lobes if gamosepalous.

(d) Insertion: Hypogynous, perigynous or

epigynous.

(e) Peculiarities : Shape, colour, surface

characters etc

Corola : (a) Cohesion: Polypetalous, sympetalous.

(b) No. of Petal or lobes if sympetalous.

(c) Insertion: Hypogynous, perigynous or

epigynous.

(d) Peculiarities : Shape, colour, surface

charceters,

etc.

(e) Structure : Characters of epidermis and

mesophyll

Androeclum : (a) Cohesion: Free, monadelphous,

diadelphous, etc.

(b) No. of Stamens: Fertile and staminodes.

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