A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

bifidus,-a,-um (adj.A), 2-fidus,-a,-um (adj.A): two-cleft, generally to about halfway; “split half way into two parts” (Lindley); cf. dicho- in Gk. comp. ‘two, split in two;’ see ‘-fidus,-a,-um (adj.A): in L. comp.;’

- [Silene] petalorum limbo ad tertiam partem bifido ecoronato, (Boissier), with the limb of the petals bifid to the third part [i.e. by to to a third of the length], lacking a corona.

- amphigastriis usque ca. 0.1--0.25 longitudinis bifidis, with underleaves bifid to about 0.1 -- 0.25 of the length.

- amphigastriis ad 1/2 bifidis, bracteolis 1/2 bifidis, with underleaves bifid to 1/2, with bracteoles 1/2 bifid.

- stigmate breviter bifido, with the stigma shortly bifid.

- flores saepius in racemos terminales simplices v. bifidos dispositi (B&H), the flowers arranged more often in simple or two-cleft terminal racemes.

- petala integra bifida v. lacera, the petals entire, bifid or lacerated.

- squamae petaloideae breves, 5-6 bifidae (v. ex Labill. 10-12 integrae) (B&H), the scales petaloid, short, 5-6, two-cleft (or according to Labill. 10-12, entire).

- petala (sepalave) 4-6, hypogyna subcoriacea, in aestivatione valvata, nunc libera, nunc omnia aut nonnulla binatim coalita et sic semibifida visa (DeCandolle), petals (or sepals) 4-6, hypogynous, somewhat leathery, in aestivation valvate, sometimes free, sometimes all or some fused by twos and thus are seen as half-way bifid.