A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Valley: vallis,-is (s.f.III), abl. sg. valle, gen. pl. vallium (i-stem), note this noun is also used of ‘furrows;’ convallis,-is (s.f.III), abl. sg. convalle, gen. pl. convallium (i-stem), 'valley enclosed on all sides;' vallecula,-ae (s.f.I), a little valley, a furrow; fauces (pl. f. III of faux, gen.sg. faucis), gen. pl. faucium (i-stem) 'gorge'; see fauces; [> L. valles or vallis,-is (s.f.III), abl. sg. valle, a valley]; opp. jugum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl. sg. jugo, nom. & acc. pl. juga, dat. & abl. pl. jugis, ridge, chain, range of mountains, the ridge on the fruits of, e.g., Umbelliferae, separated by a furrow (vallecula); opp. collis,-is (s.m.III), a hill, high ground;

- [Sisymbrium] in asperis et ruderatis collium et vallium Galliae austr. (DeCandolle), in the rugged and stony [i.e. waste; sc. places] of the hills and valleys of southern France.

- in valle virgulta nemorosaque, in a valley full of brush and woodlands.

- in Freti Magellanici vallibus soli expositis (DeCandolle), at the Magellanic Strait in valleys exposed to the sun.

- [fungi] ostiola admodum rudia, superficialibus conspicua vallibus jugisque (unde spuria videntur, cf. N. 88. ), sed glabra (S&A), the ostioles completely rudimentary [i.e. undeveloped], conspicuous [i.e. visible) by the surficial vallies and ridges (for this reason seemingly false, compare N. 88), but glabrous.

- e vallibus graniticis fluviorum Snowy-River et Mitta Mitta (F. Mueller), from the granitic valleys of the streams of the Snowy River and Mitta Mitta.

- novam ut videtur hujus ordinis et forsan hujus generis stirpem flore fructuque carentem reperi in vallibus petraeis fluvii Roper (F. Muell.), I found an apparently new plant of this order and perhaps of this genus lacking flower and fruit in the stony vallies of the river Roper.

- [Dicranum heteromallum; moss] Habitat praesertim ad aggeres pinetorum ericetorumque. Hic Lipsiae im Oberholz nec non ubertim ad vallem piscinae, pineto lindenthalensi maxima pro parte conclusae (Hedw.; Adumb.), it grows especially on the mounds of Pine-associations and Erica-associations at Leipzig in the Oberholz (Germany) and also richly in the basin of a fish pond, for the most part enclosed, in a Pine-association in Lindenthal.

- [Mnium medium] in sylvis spongiosis Montis piniferi prope Gefrees: Funk; in iisdem locis Hercyniae in valle flum. Bode dicti: Hampe; (C. Muell.), in soggy wood of the piney Mountain near Gefrees: Funk; in the same places of Hercynia [eastern Germany; Hercynian Mountains] in the valley of the river called Bode.

Convallaria L. Lily-of-the-Valley.

Vallis Umbrosa, ‘shaded valley’ as it lies in a forested region [= Vallombrosa; Florence, Tuscany, Italy]; an administrative district (ditio); a Benedictine monastic religious order (Catholic Church): Vallis umbrosa (Vallombrosa) 30 km from Florence on Monte Secchieta; abbr. OSB Vall. or O.S.B. Vall. [Ordo Sancti Benedicti Vallis Umbrosae].

- - Stanislaus Nardius Flor. Abb. Apostol. Vallis-Umbrosanus S. T. D. (Michelli), Stanislaus Nari Florentinus [= Florentine, i.e. from Florence, Italy] Apostolic Abbot of Vallis-Umbrosanus, Doctor of Sacred Theology (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor). [S.T.D., Doctor of Sacred Theology (Sacrae Theologiae Doctor)].

- secus viam sub Ecclesia S. Мiniatis de Podio ditionis Vallis-Umbrosae (Mich.), along the road below the Church of Saint Miniatus de Podium [Italian: poggio] in the [administrative district] of Vallis-Umbrosa [= Vallombrosa; Florence, Tuscany, Italy].

- [Blasia (Tourn.); hepatic] Наnс novam plantam jure quidem optimо Вlasiam denominavimus, а Pat. D. Blaso Biagi Congregatione Vallis-Umbrosae Мопасho, Botanico пon gregario, ac in Etruscis itinеribus поstris ad indagandas plantas saepe sedulo comite (Tourn.), indeed, with the best justification, we have named this new plant with regard to Pat. D. Blaso Biagi, a monk of the Congregation of Vallis-Umbrosa, an uncommon botanist, and an often diligent companion with regard to hunting plants in our Etrurian travels.