Abstract

The anatomy of the flower of Burmannia championii is discribed in detail. Apart from an outer ring of three fertile carpels, an inner ring of three sterile carpels are shown to be present in this species. The stamens are completely free from the style and stigma in contrast to the openion expressed by some earlier workers. Reports that Burmannia is closely related with Apostasiaceae, the anatomy of the flower indicates its affinity with Cypripedilinae of Orchidaceae