involucel
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Etymology
Origin of involucel
1755–65; < New Latin involūcellum, diminutive of Latin involūcrum involucrum; for formation, see castellum
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Each cluster consists of an involucel of 4 pedicelled spikelets forming a true whorl around 2 pedicelled and 1 sessile spikelets or 3 pedicelled and 2 sessile spikelets.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Partial involucre, same as an involucel; partial petiole, a division of a main leaf-stalk or the stalk of a leaflet; partial peduncle, a branch of a peduncle; partial umbel, an umbellet, 76.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
S. glauca.Inflorescence interrupted, with three to six bristles in the involucel 2.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Calyx.—Five-cleft, with an involucel below, like a second calyx.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Calyx either naked or with a 3-leaved involucel at its base.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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