A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

free (Eng.adj.), “not adhering to anything else; not adnate to any other body” (Lindley); “not adnate to other organs” (Fernald 1950): liber,-era,-erum (adj.A), q.v. for declension; (in fungi) “(of gills or tubes), not fixed to the stem” (Ainsworth & Bisby); (in fungi) “(of gills or tubes), not fixed to the stem” (Ainsworth & Bisby); (in fungi) “not adhering; (of gills, tubes, etc.) not attached to the stipe” (S&D): discretus,-a,-um (part.A), ‘separated, set apart, loose, distinct, q.v.; divided, separated, not coalescent;’ distinctus,-a,-um (part.A), separate, separated, not divided or fused, distinct; solutus,-a,-um (part.A), set free by dissolving, breaking up; segregatus,-a,-um (part.A) 'set apart, separated'; semotus,-a,-um (part.A), 'distant, far removed,' apertus,-a,-um (adj.A), (of space) open; see separate; opp. adnatus,-a,-um (part.A): adnate, grown together;

- lamellae omnino liberae, basi stipitem non attingentes (or basi intervallo a stipite separatae), gills entirely free, at base the stipe not reaching (or at base by a gap from the stipe separated) (Stearn).

- lamellae liberae, basi attenuatae stipitem vix attingentes, gills free, at base narrow the stipe just reaching (Stearn).

- perianthio pistillato libero imbricato late patenti differt, it differs by the pistillate perianth free, imbricate widely spreading.

- stylus parte conjuncta parte libera triplo breviore, style with the connected part three times shorter than the free part.

- stamina indefinita, unilateralia v. peripherica, 2-oo-seriata,libera v. vix basi irregulariter coalita (B&H), stamens indefinite, on one side or peripheral, 2-[many]-seriate, free or scarcely at the base irregularly fused.

NOTE: the ‘e’ is not elided in the adjective as it is in the noun for ‘book’: liber, q.v.

- stamen vexillare liberum, the vexillar stamen free.