Latin description
Verosimiliter hybrida inter Isoetes riparia ("canadensis") et I. tuckermanii. Sporae saepe abortivae. Megasporae +/-495 [micro]m in diametro forma et amplitudine variabiles; microsporae ellipticae, pagina granulari tuberculatae, +/-32 [micro]m longae. Chromosomatum numerus 2n = 44.
Translation
Very likely a hybrid between Isoetes riparia ("canadensis") and I. tuckermanii. Spores often abortive. Megaspores more or less 495 microns in diameter, variable with respect to shape and size; microspores elliptic, with a granular surface, tuberculate, more or less 32 microns long. Number of chromosomes 2n-44.
| Very likely | Verosimiliter - adverb |
| a hybrid | hybrida - nominative singular of first declension masculine noun hybrida, -ae |
| between | inter - preposition [takes accusative] |
| Isoetes riparia | Isoetes riparia - treated here as an indeclinable form |
| ("canadensis") | canadensis - treated here as an indeclinable form |
| and | et - conjunction |
| I. tuckermanii. | I. tuckermanii - treated here as an indeclinable form |
| Spores | Sporae - nominative plural of first declension feminine noun spora, -ae |
| frequently | saepe - adverb |
| abortive. | abortivae - nominative plural of group A adjective abortivus, -a, -um; modifies Sporae |
| Megaspores | Megasporae - nominative plural of first declension feminine noun megaspora, -ae |
| more or less 495 microns in | in - preposition [takes ablative] |
| diameter, | diametro - ablative singular of second declension feminine noun diameter, -diametri; object of in |
| variable | variabiles - nominative plural feminine of group B adjective variabilis, -is, -e; modifies Megasporae |
| with respect to shape | forma - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun forma, -ae |
| and | et - conjunction |
| size; | amplitudine - ablative singular of third declension feminine noun amplitudo, amplitudinis |
| microspores | microsporae - nominative plural of first declension feminine noun microspora, -ae |
| elliptic, | ellipticae - nominative plural feminine of group A adjective ellipticus, -a, -um; modifies microsporae |
| with a granular | granulari - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective granularis, -is, -e; modifies pagina |
| surface, | pagina - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun pagina, -ae |
| tuberculate, | tuberculatae - nominative plural feminine of group A adjective tuberculatus, -a, -um; modifies microsporae |
| more or less 32 microns long. | longae - nominative plural feminine of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; modifies microsporae |
| Number | numerus - nominative singular of second declension masucline noun numerus, -i |
| of chromosomes 2n=44. | Chromosomatum - genitive plural of third declension neuter noun chromosoma, chromosomatis |
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