A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Footstalk (Eng.noun): = fruitstalk (Eng.noun), q.v.; see stalk;

1. “a stem specialised as peduncle, petiole, etc.” (Jackson).

2. the footstalk = the [common] receptacle;

“ Panicula, or Panicle, is the name of [a species of] inflorescence. In this the flowers or fruits are scattered on peduncles, variously subdivided. In other words, it is a kind of branching or diffused spike, composed of a number of small spikes, which are fixed along a common receptacle, or footstalk” (Barton).

3. (in mosses) the seta, q.v.; = the fruitstalk;

- [BARTRAMIA TOMENTOSA.] seta, per innovationes caulis, lateralis, unciam longa, erecta, stricta (Hooker), the seta,throughout innovations of the stem, lateral, an inch long, erect, straight.

“[The species] was considered by Schwaegrichen as a synonym to Bartramia arcuata, from which the great length of the footstalk, its erect (never curved) direction, and the decidededly sulcated capsule will always keep it distinct” (Hooker).