Latin description
Plantae delicatae, ramosissimae, glabrae, caulibus gracilibus, quadrangularibus, radicibus epicorticalibus sparsis. Folia decussata, usque 25 x 4 mm, angustissime cuneata vel loriformia, apice acuta vel leviter mucronata, brevissime petiolata. Flores axillares, sessiles, hermaphroditi, 2 mm longi (longitudinis circ. 5 mm ab ovario occupato), calyculo expanso, undulato-marginato ornati; petala (staminaque) leviter dimorpha, quoque stamen parvum gerens; filamentum 0.5 mm longum, anthera applanato-ovoidea, circ. 0.5 longa, superne rimis duabus longitudinalibus; stylus late pulvinatus, stigma subcapitatum. Fructus 4 x 2 mm, graciliter ovoideus, pars tenuis styli elongata, persistens.
Translation
Plants delicate, very much branched, glabrous, with slender, quadrangular stems, [and] with sparse epicortical roots. Leaves decussate, to 25 x 4 mm, very narrowly cuneate or lorate, with an acute to slightly mucronate apex, very shortly petiolate. Flowers axillary, sessile, bisexual, 2 mm long (0.5 mm of the length [is] occupied by the ovary), endowed with an expanded undulate-margined calyculus. Petals (and stamens) slightly dimorphic, each [petal] bearing a small stamen; the filament 0.5 mm long, the anther flattened-ovoid, about 0.5 [unit of measurement not given] long, with two longitudinal slits above; the style broadly pulvinate, the stigma subcapitate. Fruit 4 x 2 mm, slenderly ovoid, the thin portion of the style elongated, persisting.
| Plants | Plantae - nominative plural of 1st declension feminine noun planta, -ae |
| delicate, | delicatae - nominative plural feminine of group A adjective delicatus, -a, -um; agrees with Plantae |
| very much branched, | ramosissimae - nominative plural feminine of superlative degree of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um; agrees with Plantae |
| glabrous, | glabrae - nominative plural feminine of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrum; agrees with Plantae |
| with slender, | gracilibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective gracilis, -is, -e; modifies caulibus |
| quadrangular | quadrangularibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective quadrangularis, -is, -e; modifies caulibus |
| stems, | caulibus - ablative plural of 3rd declension masculine noun caulis, caulis |
| [and] | [added for smoothness of reading] |
| with sparse | sparsis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective sparsus, -a, -um; modifies radicibus |
| epicortical | epicorticalibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective epicorticalis, -is, -e; modifies radicibus |
| roots. | radicibus - ablative plural of 3rd declension feminine noun radix, radicis |
| Leaves | Folia - nominative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| decussate, | decussata - nominative plural neuter of group A adjective decussatus, -a, -um; agrees with Folia |
| to 25 x 4 mm, | usque - adverb |
| very narrowly | angustissime - superlative degree of adverb anguste |
| cuneate | cuneata - nominative plural neuter of group A adjective cuneatus, -a, -um; agrees with Folia |
| or | vel - conjunction |
| lorate, | loriformia - nominative plural neuter of group B ajective loriformis, -is, -e |
| with an actue | acuto [acuta is an error] - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective acutus, -a, -um; modifies apice |
| to | vel - conjunction [used here as a preposition] |
| slightly | leviter - adverb |
| mucronate | mucronato [mucronata is an error] - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective mucronatus, -a, -um; modifies apice |
| apex, | apice - ablative singular of 3rd declension masculine noun apex, apicis |
| very shortly | brevissime - superlative degree of adverb breviter |
| petiolate. | petiolata - nominative plural neuter of group A adjective petiolatus, -a, -um; agrees with Folia |
| Flowers | Flores - nominative plural of 3rd declension masculine noun flos, flores |
| axillary, | axillares - nominative plural masculine of group B adjective axillaris, -is, -e; modifies Flores |
| sessile, | sessiles - nominative plural masculine of group B adjective sessilis, -is, -e; modifies Flores |
| bisexual, | hermaphroditi - nominative plural masculine of group A adjective hermaphroditus, -a, -um; modifies Flores |
| 2 mm long | longi - nominative plural masculine of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; modifies Flores |
| (of the length | longitudinis - genitive singular of 3rd declension feminine noun longitudo, longitudinis |
| approximately 0.5 mm | circ. - adverb ["5 mm" is incorrect] |
| [is] | [added for smoothness of reading] |
| from | ab - preposition [takes ablative] |
| the filled | occupato - ablative singular neuter of perfect passive participle of 1st conjugation verb occupo, -are, -avi, -atus; modifies ovario |
| ovary), | ovario - ablative singular of 2nd declension neuter noun ovarium, -i; object of preposition ab |
| endowed | ornati - nominative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of 1st conjugation verb orno, -are, -avi, -atus; agrees with Flores |
| with an expanded | expanso - ablative singular masculine of perfect passive participle of 3rd conjugation verb expando, -ere, -ndi, -nsus; agrees with calyculo |
| undulate-margined | undulato-marginato = undulato- [combining form of undulatus, -a, -um] + marginato - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective marginatus, -a, -um; agrees with calyculo |
| calyculus; | calyculo - ablative singular of 2nd declension masculine noun calyculus, -i |
| petals | petala - nominative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun petalum, -i |
| (and stamens) | staminaque (= stamina + que (q.v.)) - nominative plural of 3rd declension neuter noun stamen, staminis |
| slightly | leviter - adverb |
| dimorphic, | dimorpha - nominative plural neuter of group A adjective dimorphus, -a, -um; agrees with petala |
| with each [petal] | quoque ablative singular neuter of pronoun quisque, quaeque, quodque; agrees in gender with petala |
| bearing | gerens - nominative singular neuter of present active participle of 3rd conjugation verb gero, gerere, gessi, gestus {should this be the ablative singular neuter form? (to agree with quoque)} |
| a small | parvum - accusative singular neuter of group A adjective parvus, -a, -um; modifies stamen |
| stamen; | stamen - accusative singular of 3rd declension neuter noun stamen, staminis; direct object of gerens |
| the filament | filamentum - nominative singular of 2nd declension neuter noun filamentum, -i |
| 0.5 mm long, | longum - nominative singular neuter of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with filamentum |
| the anther | anthera - nominative singular of 1st declension feminine noun anthera, -ae |
| flattened-ovoid, | applanato-ovoidea = applanato- [combining form of applanatus, -a, -um] + ovoidea - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective ovoideus, -a, -um; agrees with anthera |
| about | circ. = abbreviation for circa - adverb |
| 0.5 [no unit given] long, | longa - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; agrees with anthera |
| with two | duabus - ablative plural feminine of numerical adjective duo, duae, duo; modifies rimis |
| longitudinal | longitudinalibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective longitudinalis, -is, -e; modifies rimis |
| slits | rimis - ablative plural of 1st declension feminine noun rima, -ae |
| above; | superne - adverb |
| the style | stylus - nominative singular of 2nd declension masculine noun stylus, -i |
| broadly | late - adverb |
| pulvinate, | pulvinatus - nominative singular masculine of group A adjective pulvinatus, -a, -um; agrees with stylus |
| the stigma | stigma - nominative singular of 3rd declension neuter noun stigma, stigmatis |
| subcapitate. | subcapitatum - nominative singular neuter of group A adjective subcapitatus, -a, -um; agrees with stigma |
| Fruit 4 x 2 mm, | Fructus - nominative singular of 4th declension masculine noun fructus, -us |
| slenderly | graciliter - adverb |
| ovoid, | ovoideus - nominative singular masculine of group A adjective ovoideus, -a, -um; agrees with Fructus |
| the thin | tenuis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective tenuis, -is, -e; modifies pars |
| portion | pars - nominative singular of 3rd declension feminine noun pars, partis |
| of the style | styli - genitive singular of 2nd declension masculine noun stylus, -i |
| elongated, | elongata - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective elongatus, -a, -um; agrees with pars |
| persisting. | persistens - nominative singular feminine of present active participle of 3rd conjugation verb persisto, -ere, -iti, -itus; agrees with pars |
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