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Byssus candelaris L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Byssus candelaris in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1169 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Chrysothris candelaris (L.) J.R. Laundon


original Latin diagnosis
Byssus pulverulenta flava lignis adnascens.

English translation
Byssus covered with powder [and] yellow [and] on wood growing.


English translation with commentary
Byssus Byssus
covered with powder pulverulenta - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective pulverulentus, -a, -um; modifies Byssus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
yellow flava - nominative singular feminine of group A flavus, -a, -um; modifies Byssus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
on wood lignis - dative plural of second declension neuter noun lignum, ligni; object of adnascens
growing. adnascens - nominative singular feminine of present active participle of deponent verb adnascor, adnasci, adnatus; agrees with Byssus



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