Fig. 1

Figs. 1-35. Symplocos paniculate

Fig. 1: A flower x2. Fig. 2: Flower with corolla and stamens removed to show inferior ovary with persisting calyx and the disk x2. Fig. 3: A double flower x2. Fig. 4: Fruit, entire x2. Fig. 5: L.S. of a reniform seed showing a curved embryo x3. Fig. 6: T.S. of an anther showing dehiscence through stomium. Note two-celled pollen grains x65. Fig. 7: A portion of fig. 6 enlarged x160. Figs. 8-12: Different types of tetrads held in callose sheath x300. Fig. 13: Pollen grain with oil droplets ×500. Figs. 14-16: Male gametophyte development in triporate grains. Note the initiation of germ tubes in fig. 14 x500. Figs. 17, 18: Male gametophyte development in tetraporate grains x500. Fig. 19: A portion of T.S. of ovary with incomplete fusion of septa giving a picture of parietal placentation x7. Figs. 20-22: Ovule in L.S. showing stages of curvature and megasporogenesis x60. Fig. 23: A mature embryo sac with endothelium. Note polar nuclei near the egg apparatus ×200. Figs. 24, 25: Embryo sac at the time of fertilization. Note pollen tube and embryo sac caeca in fig. 25 x200. Fig. 26. Embryo sac showing ab initio' Cellular endosperm and forked caecum ×200. Fig. 27: Embryo sac showing globular embryo with oil laden cellular endosperm x200. Figs. 28-33: Stages of embryogeny x50. Fig. 34: A portion of the seed coat x6. Fig. 35: A portion of the Wet stigma showing two-celled papillae x75.