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  4. In which of the following, kind of pollination the flower shows the following characteristic? 1. Stigma is long and feathery. 2. The pollens are dry and unwettable. 3. Flowers are colourless and odourless.

Q. In which of the following, kind of pollination the flower shows the following characteristic?
1. Stigma is long and feathery.
2. The pollens are dry and unwettable.
3. Flowers are colourless and odourless.

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Solution:

Adaptations in anemophilous flowers:
1. Flowers are small, unisexual and inconspicuous.
2. Flowers are colourless, odourless and nectarless.
3. Flowers are well exposed on plants.
4. They produce a large number of dry, light and smooth walled pollen grains. Pollen grains are dry and unwettable.
5. The stamens are with versatile and exposed anthers.
6. Stigma is feathery and branched.
7. Style and stigma are long. Long style bears feathery, hairy, sticky and branched stigma to trap pollen grains.