10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPICALYCES»
Discover the use of
epicalyces in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
epicalyces and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences
Among the "stipular" epicalyces we must distinguish between those which are
composed of prophylls and those which are made up of a number of bracts. In the
lateral flowers of the Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia septum) there is an epicalyx ...
Flowers small, in a more or less few-flowered terminal cymose inflorescences
with glandular hairs on branches and epicalyces, bisexual, almost actinomorphic,
each subtended by two opposite narrow bracts, an outer epicalyx of four further ...
3
Union of Burma Journal of Life Sciences
Laminae uncut or lobed, multicostate ; petiolate ; exstipulate. Inflorescences in
terminal and axillary compound paniculate cymes, the cymules 3-flo\vered.
Flowers ebracteate ; bracteolate ; pedicellate ; incomplete, polygamous ;
epicalyces 4-6, ...
4
Poisonous Plants: Handbook for Farmers and Graziers
The distinguishing features are the length of petals in relation to the base of the
flower and the shape of the three appendices (epicalyces) attached to the bottom
of the flower. The seed cases also vary in the degree of furrowing. Poisonous ...
5
Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. ...
Kirkpatrick (1923) further believes that this insect visits green leaves or
epicalyces etc. only to imbibe moisture from the glands present on those parts of
the plant. According to some other workers Oxycarenus feeds on the blossoms ...
6
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
... be analogous only to those extra teeth or appendages of some
Melastomaceae, Verbenaceae, &c., which have been called epicalyces. The
occasionally present reduced innermost row (as in some Centaurcas'), which, as
above mentioned, ...
Linnean Society of London, 1873
7
The Facts on File Dictionary of Biology
Epiboly occurs in the eggs of some amphibians and most teleosts. epicalyx /ep-ă-
kay-liks/ (pl. epicalyces) A ring of bracts or bracteoles below the calyx forming a
structure that resembles the calyx found, for example, in the sweet william flower.
Robert Hine, Daintith, 2009
8
Common Families of Flowering Plants
28). entomophilous Depending on insects to convey pollen for fertilisation.
epicalyx (plur. epicalyces) A whorl of sepallike organs just below the true sepals.
epicarp The outermost layer of the pericarp. epicotyl The part of a seedling above
the ...
9
The journal of the Linnean Society of London
... or degree of development than the principal row, may be analogous only to
those extra teeth or appendages of some Melastomaceae, Verbenaceze, &,c.,
which have been called epicalyces. The occasionally present reduced innermost
row ...
Linnean Society (London), 1873
10
The Problems of Applied Entomology
In April, when the young cotton is well up, the plants are invaded by the adult
insects, which, however, remain quiescent within the epicalyces of the buds and
young bolls until the bolls ripen and burst ; that is to say, in July and August.
Robert Arnold Wardle, 1929
