2. Justify the following statements on the basis of external features:
(i) Flower is a modified shoot.
After a certain period of growth, the apical meristem of a stem gives rise to the floral meristem. While the formation of the floral meristem, the axis of the stem gets condensed, and the internodes lie near each other. Various floral appendages arise from the node. A flower can be said to be a modified shoot because of the presence of nodes and internodes.