A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Caudicula,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. caudicula, nom. pl. caudiculae, acc. pl. caudiculas, dat. & abl. pl. caudiculis; caudicle, diminutive of caudex, hence = short divisions of a caudex; same as translator arm; “the cartilaginous strap which connects certain pollen-masses to the stigma, as in Orchids” (Lindley; Jackson); ); “the thread-like or strap-shaped stalk of a pollinium” (Fernald 1950); “the slender stalklike appendage of the pollen masses in orchids” (WIII) [> NL. caudicula, dim. of L. cauda,-ae (s.f.I), ‘tail’ (WIII)]; see pollinium, viscidium; cf. cauliculus,-i (s.m.II);

- caudiculae horizontales geniculatae 0.1 mm longae apicem versus dilatatae, caudicles horizontal abruptly bent 0.1 mm long towards the tip broadened (Stearn).

- polliniorum caudiculae inappendiculatae (B&H), the caudiculae of the pollinia not appendiculate.

- [Aceras] pollinia in quoque loculo grosse granulosa, caudiculis brevibus, anthera dehiscente glandulae unicae intra sacculum rostelli affixis (B&H), the pollinia in each locule coarsely granulose, with short caudicles, with the anther dehiscing attached to a single glandule within the saccule of the rostellum.

- ab omnibus praeter Calostigma differt polliniorum caudiculis bicornutis (B&H), it differs from them all, except Calostigma by the caudiculae of the pollinia with two horns.

- pollinia in quoque loculo solitaria, péndula, caudiculis hyalino-dilatatis utrinque dente erecto fusco auctis corpúsculo elongato affixis (B&H), the pollinia in each locule solitary, pendulous, with the caudicle hyaline-dilated, on both parts enlarged with an erect, blackish-brown tooth, attached by an elongate body.

- pollinia in quoque loculo solitaria, caudiculis brevibus infra apicem affixa, pendula (B&H), the pollinia in each locule solitary,with the caudiculae short, [the pollinia] attached below the apex.

- caudex multiceps lignosus, caudiculis brevibus, rootstock many headed woody, with short divisions (i.e. caudicles). ??

- [Sarcochilus] pollinia quatuor cerina áurea per paria subglobosa coalita glándulas stigmatis forsan haud decidua? ope caudiculas indivisas affixa (F. Mueller), pollinia four, wax-colored, golden-yellow, nearly globose, fused together in pairs.

- a Dipodio praecipue absentia caudicularum recedit (F. Mueller), it departs from Dipodium primarily by the absence of caudicles.

- [Saccolabium] paria polliniorum geminatim arcte cohaerentium libera, globosa, flava, ceracea, cum caudicula solitaria et glándula stigmatis decidua (F. Mueller), pairs of the geminately [i.e. in the manner of pairs tightly cohaering, pollinia free, globose, yellow, waxy, with the caudicle single [i.e. only one], and the glandule of the stigma deciduous.

Rostellum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl. sg. rostello: rostellum, beaklet, a small beak or rostrum; a rostel, “applied by Linnaeus to the caudicle or radicle” (Jackson). “In the pollinia of the Orchidaceae we also find other peculiarities; thus each is prolonged downwards in the form of a stalk called the caudicle which adheres commonly at the period of dehiscence to one or two little glandular masses called retinacula which are placed on the upper surface of a little projection of the stigma or style, called the rostellnm, which is situated at the base of the anther. (Bentley).