A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Declive,-is (s.n.III), acc.sg. declive, dat.& abl. sg. declivi, nom.& acc. pl. declivia, gen.pl. declivium, dat.& abl. pl. declivibus: a declivity, slope; a downward or descending sloping surface (as of a hill); a descent, a fall [a steep place, on a hill) [> L. declivis,-e (adj.B), q.v., downward sloping]; opp. acclivis,-ium (n.pl. III), an upward slope, uplands; see acclivia,-ium (n.pl.III);

- in declivibus validis inter Guadas et Villeta, on steep slopes between Guadas and Villeta.

- in nemoribus & umbrosis declivibusque omnium Austriacarum atque Stiriacarum Alpium locis, juxta rivulos e liquescente nive profluentes, &c. (Ray), in the open woodlands and shady places and the declivities of all [i.e. each and every] of the Austrian and also Stiriacan [i.e. of Steiermark state] Alps, beside small brooks out flowing from melting snow, & etc.

- Hab. in declivibus pinguibus in Sierra Tejeda et Sierra Nevada-alt. 5000'—6000'(Boissier), it grows in fertile down-slopes in the Sierra Tejeda and Sierra Nevada, at an altitude of 5000-6000’ [feet].

- exit sponte siccis & aridis locis, herbiferis tamen, declivibus collium ad Zimmerin, qua ad Phasianorum iter est, primo ab Urbe Vienna milliari, ad Badenses thermas, Radaun, Petronellam, atque secundum vias publicas (Ray), it comes out freely in places that are dry and arid, but nevertheless herbiferous [i.e. full of grasses or herbs], in the declivities of the hills [at Zimmerin], where there is the [route of the Pheasants?], in the first mile from the City of Vienna, at the thermal springs at Baden, Radaune, Petronella, and also along public roads.

- exit sponte siccis & aridis locis, herbiferis tamen, declivibus collium ad Zimmerin, qua ad Phasianorum iter est, primo ab Urbe Vienna milliari (Ray), it comes out freely in places that are dry and arid, but nevertheless herbiferous [i.e. full of grasses or herbs], in the declivities of the hills [at Zimmerin], where there is the [route of the Pheasants?], in the first mile from the City of Vienna.

- crescit in montium declivibus secundum publicas vias & gramine nudis locis (Ray), it grows in the descending slopes of the mountains along public roads and in places denuded of grass.

- In declivibus montis Capouladou soli expositis, inter rupes versus ‘las Cambrettes’ &c in aliis campestribus lapidosis copiose oritur (Ray), it arises abundantly in the steep slopes [i.e. declivities] of mount Capouladou exposed to the sun, among the rocks [or cliffs] towards ‘las Cambrettes” and in stony plains.

- copiose nascentem inveniebat Clusius vicinis Nemethwywar Ill. Balthasaris de Batthyan arci caeduarum sylvarum declivibus (Ray), Clusius found it growing abundantly at Nemethwywar in declivities of the forests ‘fit for cutting’ [i.e. underwood, coppice wood] near to the castle of the illustrious Balthasar Batthyany.

NOTE: the species Hemerocallis fulva was described from Ungaria (Hungary) near the little town of Nemethwywar (Flora of Pakistan).

NOTE: Boldizsar Batthyany (c. 1542- 1590), a natural historian and Hungarian nobleman.