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Vaccinium hispidulum L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Vaccinium hispidulum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 352 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl.


original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium foliis integerrimis revolutis ovatis, caulibus repentibus filiformibus hispidis.

English translation
Vaccinium with leaf blades entire, revolute, [and] ovate; [and] with the stems creeping, filiform, [and] hispid.


English translation with commentary
Vaccinium Vaccinium
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
entire, integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
revolute, revolutis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective revolutus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
ovate; ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with the stems caulibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
creeping, repentibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of third conjugation verb repo, -ere, -si, —; modifies caulibus
filiform, filiformibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies caulibus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
hispid. nudis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective hispidus, -a, -um; modifies caulibus



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