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InCleome monophylla Linn. calyx, stamens, corolla and carpels arise in acropetal succession. The wall of the anther has four layers of cells. The tapetum is binucleate and is of the glandular type. The cells of the endothecium have fibrillar thickenings. The microspores are tetrahedral, isobilateral and decussate in arrangement. The pollen-grains remain uninucleate mostly but rarely become binucleate at the time of shedding. Development of the female gametophyte in the bitegmic crassinucellate, campylotropous ovules conforms to the polygonum type. The embryo-sac becomes filled with starch-grains during later stages. The differentiation of testa and tegmen in the seed are described. The present observations are evaluated in the light of earlier investigations in the family.
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Communicated by Prof. L. Narayana Rao,f.a.sc.
Approved in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Science in the University of Mysore, 1962.
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Rao, A.V.N. Embryological studies inCleome monophylla Linn.. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 65, 249–256 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052549
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052549