A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

fissus,-a,-um (part.A): cleft, split or divided half-way; separated; split, burst, as from inside pressure [> L. findo, fidi, fissum, 3., to split, cleave, separate, divide, part]; syn. Gk. schist-, schisto-; -schistus,-a,-um (adj.A): in Gk. comp., split, cleft, deeply divided; opp. entire ; see divided; see torn; see -fidus,-a,-um (adj.A);

- folia subplana, 1/4 - fere 1/2 fissa, incisura acuta, segmentis acutis, rarius obtusiusculis (Lindberg), the leaves nearly flat, divided 1/4 to almost 1/2, the incisions acute, with the segments acute, more rarely somewhat obtuse.

- [Schistomitrium] Nomen graccae compositionis a verbis [schistos] ‘fissus,’ et [mitrion] ob calyptram basi fimbriatam deductum (Mueller), the name of Greek composition derived from the words [schistos] ‘divided,’ and mitrion [i.e. cap] due to the calyptra fimbriate at the base.

- caule folia floralia subsessilia fissa aut incisa gerente (DeCandolle), with the stem bearing subsessile floral leaves split or incised..

- dentes apice lacerato-fissi, teeth at the apex lacerate-divided.

- fissa ferarum ungula, the split hooves of wild animals.

- calyx sub anthesi in lobos runcatos 4-5 fissus, calyx at anthesis split into 4-5 truncate lobes.

- in frondem crassissimam vage fissam expansis, expanded into a frond, very thick, here and there split.

- calyx in sépala 2-3 irregulariter valvata ad medium fissus (B&H), calyx split into sepals 2-3 irregularly valvate split to the middle.

- styli liberi v. in stylum apice fissum connati (B&H), the styles free or fused into a style divided at the apex.

- calyx in sépala 2-3 irregulariter valvata fissus (B&H), the calyx split into 2-3 irregularly valved sepals.

- fructus nunc capsularis, loculicide dehiscens, valvis rarius septicide fissis (B&H), the fruit sometimes capsular, loculicidally dehiscent, with the valves more rarely septicidally divided.

- P. hispanica Dec. differt corollis rubellis, vix ad quartam partem longitudinis usque fissis calyce fere decuplo longioribus, (Boissier), Pistobinia hispanica Dec. differs by the reddish corolla, scarcely split to a quarter part of the length, almost ten times longer than the calyx.

- foliis sessilibus, calycis usque ad medium fissi laciniis lanceolatis acutiusculis (Boissier), with leaves sessile, split to the middle of the calyx with rather acute, lanceolate laciniae.

- calyce lateraliter fisso indistincte dentato (F. Mueller), with the calyx laterally split, indistinctly dentate.

Calypogeia fissa, ‘split,’ in allusion to the two, separated teeth at the tip of the lateral leaf (Frye & Clark); also to the split, or divided, underleaves (Crum 1991).

NOTE: loculicidus,-a,-um (adj.A): loculicidal, splitting down the back or loculus or chamber, not at the septa, as opposed to septicidal, q.v., when a capsule splits along lines of junction (septa); loculicide (adv.), septicide (adv.).