A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Utilitas,-atis (s.f.III), abl. sg. utilitate: utility, usefulness;

- restat, ut de icunculis, quibus operis utilitatem promovere studuimus, quae necessaria videntur, addamus (S&A), it remains [i.e. finally], we would add, as regards the small illustrations, which seemed necessary, with which we have endeavored to advance the usefulness of the work.

- contra autem, ex laboribus N. E. Brownei multum utilitatis percepimus, qui in Herbario Kewensi concorporavit seriem pretiosam observationum et analyses de die in diem sumpta ex exemplaribus quae in Horto Kewensi alibique flores exhibuerunt(B&H), on the other hand, however, from the labors of N.E. Brown, we had perceived much of use, who in the Herbarium at Kew incorporated a series of observations of great value, and analyses acquired day by day from the specimens which were displayed in the Garden at Kew and flowers elsewhere. - De utilitate explorandorum in aegris excrementorum ut signorum (The Utility of Examining Signs of Disease in the Excrement of the Sick): Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738), a Dutch botany professor.