A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

aliquot, “also aliquod” (Glare): indefinite indecl. num. adjective (alius-quot), ‘some, several, a few; not many (undefined in number; nonnulli indicates an indeterminate selection from several persons); “a number of, several, some; (as substantive) several people, more than one, a number [of]” (Glare); see nonnullus,-a,-um (adj.A); cf. paucus,-a,-um (adj.A);

NOTE: the word (properly) comes before the modified word: aliquot diebus ante, several days before.

- Phytobasanos Sive Plantarum Aliquot Historia. Naples, 1592: Phytobasanos [‘The Interrogation of Plants’], or a [Natural] History [i.e. inquiry or research into] a Number of Plants. Naples, 1592, by Fabius Columnus.

- [fungi] bis lecti caespites aliquot speciei elegantis in graminosis colliculosis humidis post imbres diuturnos (S&A), several clumps of the elegant species were collected twice in low-hilly, moist places after rains that last a long time.

- subulae aliquot affatim auctae (S&A), a few subulae much enlarged.

- [fungus; a caption] Peziza porioides: (a) magnitudine nativa; aucta (b) integra (c) individuis aliquot exemtis, a latere pictis (S&A), (a) at natural magnification; enlarged (b) entire [i.e. whole] (c) with some individuals removed, drawn from the side.

- numerus staminum semper mihi quinarius; Jacquino inconstans; in speciminibus vero ex nova Caledonia, flores aliquot decandros observavi. (Swartz), the number of the stamens with me is always in fives: inconsistent with Jacquinus; in specimens really from New Caledonia, I have observed some flowers decandrous [i.e. ten-stamened].

- [fungi] semel gregaria lecta aliquot exempla (variarum aetatum) e stercore vaccino pronata, in via graminosa umbrosa sylvatica (S&A), some colonial samples collected (of various life stages) once, prostrate from cow-dung, in a grassy, shaded sylvan path.

- parietibus aliquot cellularum tenuibus, with the walls of some [i.e. a few] cells thin [note the ‘aliquot’ modifies ‘cellularum’ not ‘parietibus.’

- aliquot folia, some or several leaves.

- Aliquot Diagnoses Muscorum novorum, several diagnoses of new mosses (J-E. Duby).

- seminibus aliquot ad sectionem Acutifoliae (R. S. Cowan) Torke & Mansano referenda, sed indumento adpresso, with the seeds somewhat to the section Acutifolia (R. S. Cowan) Torke & Mansano referred, but with indument appressed.

- cellulis laevibus aliquis vermicularibus aliquot basi rectangularibus with the cells smooth, some vermicular a few at the base rectangular.

- sporangia et non caduca et non papillata, sed aetate vel ante remissionem zoosporarum aliquot semi-papillatae, the sporangia both not caducous and not papillate, but with age or before release of the zoospores some are semi-papillate.

- semina rotunda, aliquot horum abortiva, seeds round, a few of these abortive.

- vaginae aliquot radicales emarcidae, unde caules quasi articulati (Swartz), the a few sheaths bearing roots, withered [but persistent], whence the stems as if articulated [i.e. jointed].

- capsula subrotunda, calyce coronata, post aliquot dies 3-gona evadit, tandem 3-alata; matura 3-fariam dehiscit; loculamentis 2-alatis, déciduis, 1-spermís (Swartz), capsule nearly round, crowned by the calyx, after a few days it becomes trigonous, finally 3-winged; the mature capsule dehisces in three places: with the locules 2-winged, deciduous, 1-seeded.