a) Give any four anatomical difference between monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous leaf.
(b) Explain the phases of growth in meristem of plants.
(c) Draw a neat labelled diagram of a matured anatropous ovule before fertilization.
Solution
Long Answer
(a)
Monocotyledenous leaf |
Dicotyledonous leaf |
Isobilateral leaf |
Dorsiventral leaf |
Bulliform cells absent |
Bulliform cells is present on the upper surface of the leaf |
Stomata present more on the lower surface of leaf. |
Stomata equally distributed on both the surface. |
The mesophyll is two palisade and spongy parenchyma. |
The mesophyll contains only spongy parenchyma |
(b) The group of young, similar, living and thin walled cells that have te capacity of active cell division are called meristems or meristemaic tissues.

(C)
