Select the correct pair of answers in which the former represents the set of characters present in Poinsettia and the latter in the pair represents the set of characters present in Casuarina
Study the following table

Options

A. (ii), (iii)
B. (i), (ii)
C. (iv), (iii)
D. (iii), (i)

Answer

D

Explanation

In Poinsettia and Euphorbia inflorescence is cyathium, in which involucre fuse to form a cup surrounding a large achlamydous, pedicellate, tricarpellary, Syncarpous female flower. Numerous centrifugally arranged male flowers surround the female flower. In Casuarina, cylindrical phylloclades are found which are the modified aerial stems, flowers are unisexual which develop acropetally and pollen tube enters the ovule through chalazal tissues, i.e., chalazogamy. Refer in Book.