average number of stamens
PalynoL, 3 (1967) 133-139 135 TABLE r[[ SIZE OF DRY POLLEN (.]RAINS ,AN[) NUMBER OF STAMENS PER FLO~,VER OF BOMBACACEAE Species Size (1,) of dry pollen grains Number of Left-Right-Mean of stamens per spiralled spiralled left-and flower right-spiralled 53.0 53.6 53.3 5.0 43.9 43.2 43.6 5.requency distribution of wet pollen grains of Bombax ceiba. average size of pollen grains soaked in water over the dry ones and the number of stamens per flower was found to be negative, being -0.776. However, this value at the 5~ level is not significant.