A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

versatilis,-e (adj.B): versatile, “swinging freely, as the oscillating anthers of Grasses” (Lindley); “turning freely on its support, as many anthers on their filaments” (Jackson); capable of turning, turning freely on its support, attached on the back so as to be capable of movement, as in the anthers of some palm genera; attached near the center and movable on the filament; (for anthers) a synonym of oscillatorius,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v. (Jackson) [> L. versatilis, “movable”]; see basifixus,-a,-um (part.A), ‘attached by the base;’

- antherae erect vel versatiles, the anthers erect or versatile.

- antherae basifixae et erectae, v. versatiles, 2-loculares,(B&H), anthers attached by the base and erect or versatile, 2-locular.

- antherae versatiles v. subbasifixae (B&H), anthers versatile or attached just above the base.

- antherae uniformes, versátiles v. rarius alternae majores subbasifìxae (B&H), anthers uniform, versatile or more rarely the alternate ones larger, attached just above the base.

- antheris ellipsoideiis rotundatisve versatilibus (DeCandolle), with anthers ellipsoid or rounded, versatile.

- antheris ellipsoideis oscillatoriis. (DeCandolle), with anthers ellipsoid, versatile.

vacillans,-antis (part.B): “swinging as the anthers of Grasses, which swing lightly from the end of their filament” (Lindley).