A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Virgulta,-orum (pl.n.II), abl.pl. virgultis: contraction of virguletum - bush, thicket, copse, shrubbery, undergrowth, brushwood, a place of low shrubby vegetation; see coppice; see ‘shrubby association;’

virgultorum (gen. pl.): of thickets (Stearn 1996).

- in virgultis eremi a flumine Suttor usque ad flumen Darling (F. Mueller), in the thickets of the desert from the river Suttor as far as the river Darling.

- in virgultis eremi inter sinum Gruichen Bay et lacum Hindmarsh detexit reverendus Jul. Edm. Woods (F. Mueller), the reverend Jul. Edm. Woods found it in the thickets of the desert between the gulf Guichen Bay and lake Hindmarsh.

- crescunt varr. omnes tres ad stipites virgultave semiputria humentia acervata tecta, praesertim Vitem (S&A), all three varieties grow on covered stalks and moist accumulated semi-rotted undergrowth, especially Vitis [i.e. ‘grape’].

- olim in Germania locis udis, ad virgultorum excisorum stipites observavi (Dill.), I have observed it some time ago in Germany in wet places, on the stalks of cut down thickets.

Hypoderma virgultorum, a fungus growing on dead twigs.