Table 8.1.

Floral Characteristics of some plants Complete/ Incomplete complete complete complete complete complete complete complete irregular regular Regular/ Irregular regular irregular regular irregular bilabiate If irregular, what type N.A. Superior/ Inferior ovary superior superior superior superior superior superior inferior Type of placentation axile parietal axile axile parietal parietal axile Polysepalous/ Gamosepalous gamosepalous gamosepalous Gamosepalous Gamosepalous Gamosepalous gamosepalous polysepalous Perfect/ Imperfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect perfect

Plant Specimen Hibiscus Periwinkle Yellow bell Wishbone plant (Torenia concolor L.) Episcia (Episcia reptans Mart.) Blue pea-vine (Clitoria ternatea L.) Rain lily (Zephyranthes roseus Lindl.) Spanish flag Flame tree (Delonix regia (Boj.) Raf.) Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.) Coleus

incomplete complete

irregular irregular

inferior superior

axile marginal

polysepalous gamosepalous

imperfect perfect

incomplete incomplete

regular irregular

superior superior

axile axile

polysepalous polysepalous

imperfect imperfect

incomplete

irregular

superior

axile

gamosepalous

imperfect