An Anomalous Megagametophyte of Alysicarpus Vaginalis DC.:Further Evidence of a Criticism of Sareen and Wadhwa (1981)

The present paper describes an anomalous megagametophyte of Alysicarpus vaginalis DC. of the tribe Hedysareae of the Papilionaceae. The normal megagametophyte of A. vaginalis is monosporic, eightnucleate with Polygonium type of development. Normally the functional megaspore undergoes three mitotic divisions resulting into eight nuclei which are arranged into two groups of four each.