Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Vaccinium vitis idaea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 351 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium racemis terminalibus nutantibus, foliis obovatis revolutis integerrimis subtus punctatis.

English translation
Vaccinium with racemes terminal [and] nodding; [and] with leaf blades obovate, revolute, entire, [and] below punctate.

English translation with commentary

Vaccinium	Vaccinium
with racemes	racemis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun racemus, -i
terminal	terminalibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective terminalis, -is, -e; modifies racemis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
nodding;	nutantibus - ablative plural neuter of present active participle of first conjugation verb nuto, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies racemis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
obovate,	obovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective obovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
revolute,	revolutis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective revolutus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
entire,	integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
below	subtus - adverb
punctate.	punctatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective punctatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis