Flower

Flower - the organ of the multiplication flowering .

Female organs of flower - the pistil, that consists of the ovary, the more or less long the post and downy the snout. Pistil is usually located in the center of flower. Man parts of the flower - this the stamen, that consist of the long staminal threads s by the anthers on the top, in which it ripens the pollen. Pollen, which carries man sex cells, with the dusting it falls on snout. Flowers occur bisexual (simultaneously having both the pistils and stamens) and unisexual (some flowers they have only stamens, while other flowers only pistils).

Usually flowers have by the halo from the lobes, located in the circle or on the spiral. Lobes usually are vividly painted and form the appearance of flower. Some forms of flowering plants on one or several lobes are had the tubular outgrowth, which contains the nectar — shporets. It is located under the halo the cup, formed by the sepals, that protect flower in the bud. Usually sepals green or brown, but in some forms they are vividly painted and similar to the lobes. Under the cup can be located specialized leaves - the bracts, also protecting flower.

Flowers are single, but more frequently they are grouped into the the complex the floscule: brush, basket, umbrellas and t. p.

Literature

• "flowers", M. Uolters; Per. with the Eng.:O. A. Gerasinoy. - M.: OOO the "publishing house Of astrel'": OOO "publishing house AST", 2001 - 256s.: silt. - (Mini- encyclopedia)