. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. Fig. 75.—Kanta-gur-kamal {Capparts sepiaria) o. Ovary, g, Fig. 76.—Shalook {Nympjusa) — acyclic flower with spirally- inserted floral leaves a, Scars of stamens and peri- anth removed. 5, Stamen, c, Perianth leaf. of such internodes in flowers thus bears out the' homology of flowers with shoots. Again, we have learned that leaves are arranged on the axis of a shoot either spirally or in whorls. If the floral leaves are examined, they are also found in- serted on the thalamus either spirally or in whorls, like the foliage leaves. For example, if
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. Fig. 75.—Kanta-gur-kamal {Capparts sepiaria) o. Ovary, g, Fig. 76.—Shalook {Nympjusa) — acyclic flower with spirally- inserted floral leaves a, Scars of stamens and peri- anth removed. 5, Stamen, c, Perianth leaf. of such internodes in flowers thus bears out the' homology of flowers with shoots. Again, we have learned that leaves are arranged on the axis of a shoot either spirally or in whorls. If the floral leaves are examined, they are also found in- serted on the thalamus either spirally or in whorls, like the foliage leaves. For example, if we examine the flowers of nag-phani, shalook or shafla (fig. 76), and padma or Lotus we find that the sepals, petals, and stamens are arranged spirally on the thalamus;, and we have found that in kantali-champa they are'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bose, G. C. London, Blackie & Son Ltd.
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