Study Set Content:
Found at the bases of flowers or flower stalks.
Floral Leaves(Bracts)
spinelike objects arising in the axils of leaves of woody plants
are modified stems rather than modified leaves
Thorns
e.g., roses and raspberries, neither leaves nor stems,
outgrowths from the epidermis or cortex.
Prickles
Large, thin-walled parenchyma cells without chloroplasts
to the interior or chlorenchyma tissue just beneath the epidermis. Non-
photosynthetic cells contain large vacuoles that can store relatively
substantial amounts of water
Storage Leaves
ant colonies
Dischidia
the leaves of some plants such as Dischidia develop
odd pouches that become the symbiotic homes of ant colonies. The colonies
carry in soil particles and add nitrogenous wastes, which the leaves collect
moisture through the condensation of water vapor via the stomata. The area
is a rich medium for the adventitious roots that grow down into the soil
contained in the pouch- hence the flowerpot function of the modified leaf.
Flower-pot Leaves
