A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


unequal, asymmetric: (most adjectives indicating equality or inequality are followed by the dative case (i.e. the thing to which something is equal or unequal); inaequabilis,-e (adj.B), inaequalis,-e (adj.B); impar (adj.B + dat.) 'uneven, unequal;' dispar,-paris (adj.B + dat.) 'unlike, different, dissimilar, unequal;' heterogeneus,-a,-um (adj.A), 'heterogeneous, dissimilar, not uniform in structure;' heteromorphus,-a,-um (adj.A), heteromorphicus,-a,-um (adj.A); inaequimagnus,-a,-um (adj.A), not of the same size; cf. dissimilis,-e (adj.B), 'unlike, dissimilar;' see asymmetricus,-a,-um (adj.A); cf. differentiated; cf. dimorphicus,-a,-um (adj.A); - foliis disparibus, inferiore grandiusculo reliquis multo minoribus, with leaves unequal, the lower one rather large, the rest much smaller (Stearn (1983) - achenia in eodem capitulo inaequalia, achenes in the same head unequal. irregularis,-e (adj.B): irregular, “showing inequality in the size, form, or union of its similar parts” (Fernald 1950); - flores parvi, terminales v. axillares, solitarii v. in fasciculis v. umbellis irregularibus (B&H), flowers small, terminal or axillary, solitary or in irregular fascicles or umbels.
unequal-, uneven-, asymmetrical-: in L. comp. impari-; inaequi-; opp. of aequi-, equal, even, symmetrical; - imparilaterus, unequally sided; inaequipes,-pedis (adj.B) (see -footed) - inaequilateralis, with unequal sides; inaequimagnus, not of the same size.
unequal-sided: inaequilaterus,-a,-um (adj.A), irregularis,-e (adj.B); obliquus,-a,-um (adj.A), oblique, in botany, unequal-sided; said of a leaf when it is unequally developed on the two sides of the midrib, as in an oblique apex or base of a leaf; - foliola valde inaequilatera, latere altero quam alterum multo breviore, leaflets very unequal-sided, with one side than the other much shorter (Stearn 1983).