Fine structure of a flower   Cochliostema odoratissimum 2

Flowers: staminodes 3, anterior, medial one vestigial, lateral ones densely bearded, lacking an anther;

stamens 3, posterior, filaments fused, with a dense dorsal tuft of yellow hairs, anthers enclosed within 

a columnlike structure composed of broadly expanded connectives of the lateral stamens, the connectives

each terminally drawn out into a narrow tube with a terminal pore; seeds exarillate, biseriate, hilum linear,

embryotega dorsal (R. B. Faden).

flower	columnlike structure (side view)	filaments fused, with a dense  dorsal tuft of yellow hairs
yellow tuft hairs and columnlike structure with a slit and brush- like structure	connectives each terminally drawn out into a narrow tube with a  terminal pore surrounded hairlike  projections	below side of columnlike structure  with a slit and densely bearded
3 anthers: 1 anther is in the center,   2 anthers are right and left  sides on the inner wall  of the  columnlike structure	one anther attached back of  brushlike structure with short connection	two anthers attached back of  both upper slits of columnlike   structure
3 anthers (filled with white pollens)	helical structure with 4 rolls each	a pistil : ovary (white)
a pistil and 2 hairy staminodes	the tip of the pistil : stigma	the cross section of ovary,  6 embryos are seen

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