= A form of vernation in which the leaf is rolled inward from its edges. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Is the gyrate vernation of any ferns comparable to the form of certain shells, to which (at least Mollusca) ferns are supposed to be analogous. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The humidity which may appear connected with the rapid evaporation in these countries, and which obtains? in the vicinity of all bodies of water, may account for the appearance here of Arundo, etc. All genuine aquatic types have leaves involute in vernation?. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Their exquisite symmetry of form, their frequent finely cut borders, and their rich shades of green combine to make them objects of rare beauty; while their unique vernation and method of fruiting along with their wonderful mystery of reproduction invest them with marked scientific interest affording stimulus and culture to the thoughtful mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada] Reference
Its leaves, however, had neither the vernation nor the pellucid dots of Myrtaceous trees. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845] Reference
A term in vernation or foliation, fignify - ing that the fides of the nafcent leaves are rolled together like a fcroll: as in Arum, Piper, So - iidagOy Brajfica, Primus, Gram in a or Grafts. —. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
I was immediately struck with the resemblance of those organs, called ramenta, to what are fairly assumed to be the male bodies, in certain other families of the same grand division; and I at once came to the conclusion, that the barren fronds, were barren, because almost destitute of these ramenta; and that as these ramenta were confined to the base of the stalk, that is, to the part below its first ramification, an obvious necessity existed for the peculiar nature of the vernation. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Porch,337) Circinate vernation is the term used to describe the protective coiling of a new frond or fiddle head. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Drosophyllum, vernation of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Their vernation is conduplicate and plicate. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
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