1829 J. Lindley 292 Fertile spikes ovate-cylindrical, remote.
1912 at Tiara A high ovate-cylindrical or dome-shaped diadem worn by the pope.
1951 (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 211/1 A[ster] fruticosus... Involucre ovate-cylindrical, bracts several, narrow, overlapping.