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• Similarly, in freesia florets the increase in perianth sugars was more than 10 times higher than the decrease in starch content.
• B, The "perianth" with the small perichaetial leaves below it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
• Pistillate flowers have the same perianth but the number of parts is more variable; staminodes are well developed with or without a rudimentary anther.
• Members of Atripliceae are characterized by flowers that are usually unisexual, with a perianth present in staminate flowers, and with pistillate flowers lacking a perianth but having accrescent bracteoles in fruit.
• Thus, the perianth of male flowers is often larger than that of female flowers.
• The perianth is commonly uniseriate, consisting of 3-5 valvate, basally connate sepals, but sometimes an equal number of petals are also present.
• Importantly, organs of the two outermost whorls of lily flower are very similar, generating a perianth of tepals, instead of sepals and petals.
• The staminode in other Asteridae families is on the adaxial side and a corolla lobe is the abaxial perianth organ.
• Within this petaloid perianth is a membranous one, together with a boat-shaped bracteolate body, entire. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
• The leaves below the archegonial group are frequently modified in size and shape, but the chief protection is afforded by a tubular perianth, which corresponds to a coherent whorl of leaves and grows up independently of fertilization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"