Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 21
21. Placentation, in which ovules develop on the inner wall of the ovary or in peripheral part, is:
(a) Basal
(b) Axile
(c) Parietal
(d) Free central
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Answer : c
Hints & Solutions
(c) In parietal placentation the ovules develop on the inner wall of ovary or in peripheral part and number of placentae corresponds to the number of carpels. It occurs in bicarpellary or multicarpellary but unilocular ovary, e.g. mustard, Argemone etc.
