A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

involutus,-a,-um (part. A), involutivus,-a,-um (adj.A): involute, “when edges are rolled inwards on each side, as the leaf of the Apple” (Lindley); rolled inward from the edge (i.e. toward the upper side) or apex, as in leaf margins, enveloped, rolled around, wrapped up, surrounded; (in bryology) “rolled upward (adaxially) and tightly inward, applied to leaf margins” (Magill 1990); syn. inrolled; cf. incurved; opp. revolutus,-a,-um (part.A); covered, overwhelmed, by = + abl. [> L. involvo,-vi,-utum 3., to roll to or upon anything; to envelop, wrap up, roll around, involve; to cover; to enwrap, wrap, infold, envelop, surround]; cf. evolutus,-a,-um (part.A), unfolded, unrolled; see volutus,-a,-um (part.A); see enveloped;

Also ‘involved,’ i.e. intricate, obscure;

Usnea vulgaris, loris longis implexis. “Stringy Tree-Moss.” Quos vero villos vocat J. Bauhinus, fila sunt satis, crassa, invicem implexa & involuta (Dill.), Usnea vulgaris, with the [straps] long, intertangled. “The stringy tree-moss.” Those things which J. Bauhin calls villi [i.e. long, weak hairs] are filaments, this way and that interlaced and intricate.

(moss) folia perichaetii erecta, inferiora minora ovato-acuminata, superiora lanceolata filiformi-acuminata, basi involuto-concava, the lower smaller, ovate-acuminate, the supper lanceolate, filiform-acuminate, at the base involute-concave.

marginibus erectis inferne subrevolutis et versus folii apicem magis minusve involutis, with the margins erect, below nearly revolute and toward the apex of the leaf more or less involute.

margine integerrimo magis minusve involuta, with the margin completely entire, more or less inrolled.

marginibus exstantibus ve involutis rariusque superne parum recurvis, with the margins projecting or inrolled and more rarely above somewhat recurved.

os capsulae annulo rubro involutum, the mouth of the capsule surrounded by a red annulus.

hyphae densae folia involventes, the dense hyphae overwhelming the leaves.

plants gloeocarpa dicta, i.e. verticillis fertilibus in muco involutis, plant termed 'gloeocarpous' i.e. with fertile whorls in mucilage enveloped (Stearn); cf. gloeo-; to do

semina obovoidea, in lana endocarpii involuta, ad hilum laterale saepius nuda (B&H), seeds obovoid, enveloped in the wool of the endocarpium, at the lateral hilum more often naked.

semen substantia gummosa involutum, seed enveloped with a gummy substance.

semina solitaria, rarius 2-4, arillo cupulato integro v. lacero suffulta v. fere involuta (B&H), seeds solitary, more rarely 2-4, subtended or nearly enveloped by an entire or lacerate cupulate aril.

Semen unicum, compresum, gluma persistente involutum (Swartz), the seed one, compressed, enfolded in the persistent glume.

plants gloeocarpa dicta, i.e. verticillis fertilibus in muco involutis, plant termed 'gloeocarpous' i.e. with fertile whorls in mucilage enveloped.

Paxillus involutus, a mushroom whose pileus is inrolled at the margin until late age (Miller).