Page 143 - Ultimate Visual Dictionary (DK)

FLOWERS 1

Posterior
Honey Posterior sepal
guide sepal Membranous
spur of Posterior
False anthers posterior sepal petal
Posterior attract pollinating
petal insects Anterior
petal
Lateral Bract
sepal (leaflike Anther
structure)
Anterior
petal Anterior
Anther sepal
Anterior
sepal
Bract
(leaflike Pedicel Pedicel
structure) (flower stalk) (flower stalk)
Lateral
EXTERNAL VIEW sepal
SIDE VIEW
A DICOTYLEDONOUS FLOWER
Larkspur
(Delphinium orientalis) Position
of nectary Posterior
petal

Membranous Anterior
spur petal

Posterior
sepal

Immature
spur of
posterior sepal
Androecium
Bract
(leaflike
structure) Ovary Sepal
sheath
Receptacle Carpel Style Filament
Stamen
Stigma Anther
Pedicel Pedicel
(flower stalk) Bract (flower
(leaflike stalk)
structure)
EXTERNAL VIEW
OF FLOWER BUD

Nectary
Membranous Ovary
spur Filament
Anther
Receptacle
Anterior Sepal
sepal Pedicel sheath
(flower stalk)

LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH FLOWER BUD
141