Definition of "vaginata" []

• A group of actinozoans, comprising those which are sheathed in a calcareous or corneous polypary; the sheathed polyps, as the sclerodermic and sclerobasic corals. See Zoantharia.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A few examples of conspicuous endemic species are shrubs such as Adesmia pinifolia, Chuquiraga ruscifolia and Chuquiraga echegarayi, cushions such as Adesmia subterranea, Azorella cryptantha, Laretia acaulis and Oxychloe bisexualis, forbs such as Senecio uspallatensis, Chaetanthera pentacaenoides and C. spathulata, and tussock grasses such as Stipa ruiz-lealii, Stipa speciosa var. breviglumis and several forms of Stipa vaginata."
• "In addition, there are different edaphic communities such as the woods of Prosopis scrubs of Baccharis salicifolia (chilca) and Tessaria dodonaefolia (pájaro bobo) in humid places, Atriplex in clayish soils and Suaeda divaricata and Allenrolfea vaginata in salty soils."
• "Sometimes the floccose matter would cling together more or less, and portions of it remained as patches on the lower part of the stem, while depauperate forms of _A. vaginata_ would have a somewhat reduced volva, but in no case did I find intermediate stages between the two kinds of volva."