MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BSc HONOURS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SI AIKSTLR I AND 2
EXAMINATIONS
HWO 109: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION
DURATION; 2 HOURS <100 MARKS) BATEf MAY 201

An&wir Tl JRRF, questions. You must ans'wer QUESTION 1 ( RCTION A) CidTWO

qjjiHiLons from SECTION' B. Question I carries 20 piitks, \ 11 tjVfHtjoci ir: SetliQn ft
carries *<0 marks. Where a question contains subdivisions, the m:irk valor of each
subdivision in given in ^rackcifi. Illustrate yuur .miiwer, where possible with luu^c clearly
labelled diujinaini.
 SECTION A
E,A 51I uni in ft ce 11ftin fa mi lyh as the fo ■Ipw ing structure:
(i) ill ire petals free from cftch otber.
(ii) thrri- sepuls firr iroari eudi 01her,
fill si\ stamens frer from rnth oilier,
fiv) gynocdutn of tbr^L- Fused carpi: k, nnd
fv) ovary is ‘s upcrior.
(a) Draw ft flora I d iag ram for th is spec ics. [ ] 0]
(b) Write floral formulae for this vpeciea. [61
te) cotn ment on the EikeLy type of po] Ij nation for this pJ ant. [4J

SECTION B
2. I>i scu.^s the ecological anatoiu\ ol meSOpJlyteSt hydrophytes and ttroflhytes.

3. (a) pK!^ril)“ how- \iTtdds jiilLfrying are disposed among BflgiDs-ptmU. m

(b)Exp]<iin the significance of seed dispersal. (iOJ

4. (ft) Dcseribc the basic tissue amt>gtmet of either a tnortoctt 0r a dicot r<-?<;i jL ihe primary
growth sta^e. [25]
\D) Dcwribe the features that distinguish the root from the s1em at this growth staj;e. 1I5|
^ Write an essay on modified -plan: fllgaili.

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