A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

China (Eng.noun):

1. China: Sina,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. sina;

- in suburbiis Cantoniensibus Sinarum (DeCandolle), in the suburbs residing in Canton [a commercial city in SE China] of the Chinas [i.e. the Empire, Republic, provinces, etc.].

2. China,-ae (s.f.I), also used in botany; adj. chinensis,-e (adj.B);

- in China inter Peking et Jebul (DeCandolle), in China between Peking and Jebul [there is a mark over the ‘a’ in China to indicate it is in the ablative case].

- [Clematis cinensis] in China et insulis Danes dictis (DeCandolle) in China and the islands called Danes.

- [Illicium anisatum] capsulae e China sub nomine Anisum Chinensis adportatae (DeCandolle), the capsules imported from China under the name Anisum Chinensis.

- [Unona Chinensis] in China prope Cantonem (DeCandolle), in China near Conton.

3. Respublica Popularis Sinica, People's Republic of China;

- Respublica Popularis Sinicae, gen.sg. Reipublicae Popularis Sinica, acc. sg. Rempublicam Popularem Sinicam; abl.sg. Respublica Populare Sinica: People's Republic of China [People’s Chinese Republic].

- holotypus ex seminibus Rubi sibirici in Mongolia interiore, Respublicae Popularis Sinicae, in Herbarium Mycologicale Universitatis Nankai, Sinae depositus, holotype from seeds of Rubus sibiricus at inner Mongolia of the People's Republic of China, deposited in the Mycological Herbarium of the University of Nankai, China.

4. Res publica Sinae, Taiwan, the Republic of China; adj. taiwanensis,-e (adj.B); see Taiwan (Eng.noun);

- in Re publica Sinae, in the Republic of China, in Taiwan.

- rei publicae Sinae, of the Republic of China, of Taiwan.

Taiwania,-ae (s.f.I): a (monotypic) genus in Cypressaceae whose range includes the mountains of central Taiwan. Taiwaniaceae.

5. Seres, gen. pl. Serum, acc pl. Seras; singular Ser = Gk. SEres; classical Latin, a people in Eastern Asia, famous for their silken stuffs, the Chinese: adj. sericus,-a,-um (adj.A), Chinese.

Sericum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. serico: Seric stuff, silk (Lewis & Short).

NOTE: Cochinchina,-ae (s.f.I), French Cochinchinae: a republic in Indochina, associated with Saigon and the Mekong delta; French Indochina; adj. cochinchinensis,-e (adj.B);

- in Cochinchina (DeCandolle), in Cochinchina [abl.sg.].

- in Insula Timor, Japonia et Cochinchina (DeCandolle), on the Island Timor, Japan and Cochinchina [i.e. Indochina].

- in fossis et paludibus totius Europae, Sibiriae, Cochinchinae (DeCandolle), in the ditches and swamps of all Europe, Siberia, Cochinchina.

- in sylyis Cochinchinae (DeCandolle), in the forests of Cochinchina [i.e. Indochina.

- in dumetis Cochinchinae (DeCandolle), in the thorn-scrub of Indochina.

Unona cochinchinensis (DeCandolle).