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Q. Read the following statements and find out the incorrect statements.
$a$. The placenta is located inside the locule. Arising from the placenta are the ovules.
$b$. The number of ovules in an ovary may be one (papaya, watermelon and orchids) to many (wheat, paddy and mango).
$c$. Each ovule has one or two protective envelops called integuments.
$d$. Integuments encircle the ovule except at the tip where a small opening called the chalaza is organised. Opposite the chalaza is the micropylar end.
$e$. Enclosed within the integuments is a mass of cells called the perisperm.

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Solution:

• The number of ovules in an ovary may be many (papaya, watermelon and orchids) to one (wheat, paddy and mango).
• Enclosed within the integuments is a mass of cells called the nucellus.
• Each ovule has one or two protective envelopes called integuments. Integuments encircle the ovule except at the tip where a small opening called the micropyle is organised. Opposite the micropylar end, is the chalaza, representing the basal part of the ovule.