Q.In a particular flower the insertion of floral whorls was in such a manner, so the ovary was below the level other three whorls, but its stigma was taller than other three whorls. What will you call such flower?
Step 1. Recall the three insertion types: in a hypogynous flower the ovary sits highest, above the other whorls (convex/conical thalamus); in a perigynous flower the ovary and the other whorls sit at roughly the same level (cup/saucer thalamus); in an epigynous flower the thalamus forms a closed cup that encloses and fuses with the ovary, pushing the other floral whorls to arise from above it, so the ovary is inferior while the style and stigma project upward past them.
Step 2. The description given — ovary below the level of the other three whorls, but the stigma taller than them — exactly matches the epigynous condition, where the inferior ovary sits low inside the fused thalamus while the style/stigma still extend well above the other whorls.
(c) Epigynous
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