Flowers
56-Perigynous insertion
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| In the genus Rosa, flowers have a deep hypanthium, with many carpels, free (not fused with the hypanthium) and distinct (apocarpous gynoecium). Each of these carpels has a superior ovary, enclosed in the hypanthium. Here again, the insertion is perigynous. The styles protrude through the opening in the top of the hypanthium. NOTE: Look carefully! While it might appear that the ovaries are adnate to the hypanthim, they are actually FREE inside the sack-like hypanthium. |