Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Bryum subulatum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1116 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Bryum subulatum (Hedw.) With.

original Latin diagnosis
Bryum antheris erectis subulatis[,] surculis acaulibus.

English translation
Bryum with anthers [= sporophyte capsules] erect [and] subulate; [and] with the upright shoots stemless.

English translation with commentary

Bryum	Bryum
with anthers [= sporophyte capsules]	antheris - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun anthera, -ae
erect	erectis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of third conjugation verb erigo, erigere, erexi, erectum; modifies antheris
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
subulate;	subulatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective subulatus, -a, -um; modifies antheris
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with the upright shoota	surculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun surculus, -i
stemless.	acaulibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective acaulis, -is, -e; modifies surculis