Latin diagnosis
Genus novum, Pseuduvariae Miq. et Oropheae Blume affine, differt ab ambis inflorescentiis foliis oppositis, toro floris staminati conico-elongato, et connectivo staminalibus nec lateraliter dilatato nec super thecis antherae imminenti, et praeterea a Pseuduvaria granis pollinis solitariis, ab Orophea floribus unisexualibus.
Translation
A new genus, related to Pseuduvaria Miq. and to Orophea Blume, it differs from both with inflorescences opposite the leaves, with the torus of a staminate flower conico-elongate, and with the staminal connective neither laterally dilated nor projecting over the thecas of an anther, and further it differs from Pseuduvaria with solitary pollen grains, and from Orophea with unisexual flowers.
| A new | novum - nominative singular neuter of group A adjective novus, -a, -um; modifies Genus |
| genus, | Genus - nominative singular of third declension neuter noun genus, generis |
| related | affine - nominative singular neuter of group B adjective affinis, affinis, affine [takes dative]; agrees with genus |
| to Pseuduvaria Miq. | Pseuduvariae Miq. - dative singular of first declension noun Pseuduvaria, -ae; object of affine |
| and | et - conjunction |
| to Orophea Blume, | Oropheae Blume - dative singular of first declension noun Orophea, -ae; object of affine |
| it differs | differt - third person singular, present active indicative of third conjugation verb differo, differre, distuli, dilatus |
| from | ab - preposition [takes ablative] |
| both | ambis - ablative plural feminine of numerical adjective ambo, -ae, -o; feminine to agree with Pseuduvaria and Orophea |
| with inflorescences | inflorescentiis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun inflorescentia, -ae; ablative of description |
| opposite | oppositis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of third declension verb oppono, opponere, opposui, opposites [takes dative]; agrees with inflorescentiis |
| the leaves, | foliis - dative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| with the torus | toro - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun torus, -i |
| of a staminate | staminati - genitive singular masculine of group A adjective staminatus, -a, -um; modifies floris |
| flower | floris - genitive singular of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
| conico-elongate, | conico-elongato - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective conico-elongatus, -a, -um; modifies toro |
| and | et - conjunction |
| with the staminal | staminalibus - The plural staminalibus appears to be an error. Instead, the ablative singular neuter staminali of group B adjective staminalis, -is, -e should have been used. modifies connectivo |
| connective | connectivo - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun connectivum, -i |
| neither | nec - conjunction; first part of nec ... nec |
| laterally | lateraliter - adverb; formed from group B adjective lateralis, -is, -e |
| dilated | dilatato - ablative singular neuter of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb dilato, -are, -avi, -atus; agrees with connectivo |
| nor | nec - conjunction; second part of nec ... nec |
| projecting over | imminenti - ablative singular neuter of present active participle of third conjugation verb immineo, -ere, ---, --- [takes dative]; agrees with connectivo |
| [over] | super - Because imminenti carries the meaning of "over" or "beyond", super seems unnecessary. |
| the thecas | thecis - dative plural of first declension feminine noun theca, -ae |
| of an anther, | antherae - genitive singular of first declension feminine noun anthera, -ae |
| and | et - conjunction |
| further | praeterea - adverb |
| it differs | added here for clarity |
| from | a - preposition [takes ablative] |
| Pseuduvaria | Pseuduvaria - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun Pseuduvaria, -ae |
| with solitary | solitariis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies (pollinis) granis |
| pollen | pollinis - genitive singular of third declension neuter noun pollen, pollinis |
| grains, | granis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun granum, -i |
| and | added here for clarity |
| from | ab - preposition [takes ablative] |
| Orophea | Orophea - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun Orophea, -ae |
| with unisexual | unisexualibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective unisexualis, -is; modifies floribus |
| flowers. | floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris |
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