Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Clathrus nudus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1179 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Clathrus nudus L.

original Latin diagnosis
Clathrus stipitatus, capitulo oblongo axi longitudinali adnato.

English translation
Clathrus stipitate; [and] with the capitulum oblong [and] to the longitudinal axis adnate.

English translation with commentary

Clathrus	Clathrus
stipitate;	stipitatus - nominative singular masculine of group A adjective stipitatus, -a, -um; modifies Clathrus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with a capitulum	capitulo - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun capitulum, -i
oblong	oblongo - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies capitulo
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
to the longitudinal	longitudinali - dative singular masculine of group B adjective longitudinalis, -is, -e; modifies axi
axis	axi - dative singular of third declension masculine noun axis, axis; object of adnato
adnate.	adnato - ablative singular neuter of perfect participle of deponent verb adnascor, adnasci, adnatus; agrees with capitulo