Abstract
The present flower from its oblique transverse section appears to be the smaller in size among the flowers reported from the Deccan Intertrappean series. It is 1.00 X 1.22 mm in diameter. Swollen at middle and tapering at its ends indicate its companulate shape. The flower is actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, pentamerous and hypogynous. The perianth lobes are ten in numbers arranged in two whorls of 5+5 each. The outer whorl contains five tepals may be termed as calyx while the inner five may be as corolla. Stamens are five in number, polyandrous giving pentamerous appearance to the flower. Pollen grains are tricolpate and psilate without any external outgrowth. The anther is basifixed. Gynoecium is bicarpellary, syncarpous with superior, bilocular ovary. Each locule contains single ovule in it with axile placentation. Ovary wall is multilayered and smooth. The present flower is totally different from the reported fossil flowers and living genera of modern families. Hence it is kept under separate form genus Mohgaoanthus deccanii gen. et sp. nov.
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