A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

articulatus,-a,-um (part.A) with cum + abl.: articulate, articulated, divided into joints, furnished with joints (often thickened), jointed; articulated; “being jointed; that is, separating freely, by a clean scar from some other part” (Lindley); “1. jointed, separating freely by a clean scar, as in leaf-fall; 2. used by Bentham and Hooker for the jointed pod of Desmodium” (Jackson); (in bryophytes) “jointed; with thickened joints; setae with epidermal cells in distinct, even tiers (many leafy liverworts)” (Magill 1990) [> L. articulo,-avi,-atum, 1. to divide into single members or joints > L. articulus,-i (s.m.II) division, part, joint]; opp. continuus,-a,-um (adj.A + abl.), continuous, uninterrupted;

NOTE: articulated = jointed = septate.

- [Orchideae] labellum cum pede columnae articulatum (B&H), the labellum [i.e. lip] articulated [i.e. jointed, separating freely] with the foot of the column.

- [Orchideae] labellum basi cum pede columnae continuum (B&H), the labellum at the base continuous with the foot of the column.

- paraphysibus brevibus articulatis copiosis, with paraphyses short articulated abundant (Stearn).

- flores cum spadice articulati v. continui (B&H), flowers articulated with the spadix or continuous.

- siliquae parvae, cum pedicello nunc incrassato articulatae(B&H), silicles small, articulated with the sometimes thickened pedicel.

- in aspectu fructuum articulatorum Desmodiorum spp., with the appearance of the articulated fruits of Desmodium species.

- frons tota filis articulatis constituta, the frond entirely constituted of jointed filaments.

- segmentis moniliformiter articulatis, with the segments moniliformly articulated.

- lomentum 4-5-articulatum, the loment 4-5-jointed.

- siliqua transverse bi-articulata, brevis v. elongata; articulus inferior indehiscens, aspermus, v. longitudinaliter 2-locularis, 2-valvis, 2-oo-spermus; superior indehiscens (B&H), silique transversely bi-articulate [i.e. with two joints, with two members], short or elongate, the lower articulation indehiscent, lacking seed, or longitudinally 2-loculat, 2-indeterminate-seeded, the upper indehiscent.

Class Articulatae, as in the Order Equisetales.

NOTE: the use of ad + acc., and the abl. case, i.e. jointed ‘with’;

- calyce ad tubum alatum inconspicue articulato, with the calyx conspicuously articulated to the winged tube.

- calyce ad pedicellum articulato (non continuo), with the calyx jointed to the pedicel (not continuous).

- stylus articulatus ovario, the style articulated with the ovary [abl. case].

articulato-constrictus,-a,-um (part.A): constricted as if into joints or segments.

filamentis fructiferis articulato-moniliformibus, with the fruiting filaments articulate-monifilorm [(i.e. contracted as if beaded].

disarticulatus,-a,-um (part.A): disarticulated, deteriorating into joints or segments.

inarticulatus,-a,-um (part.A): without divisions, joints, segments or articulations; in bryophytes “not in distinct even tiers; e.g. epidermal cells of setae; not jointed, without thickened nodes, opp. articulatus,-a,-um (part.A)” (Magill 1990);

- siliqua brevis (rariss. elongata), indehiscens, inarticulata (B&H), the silicle short (very rarely elongate), indehiscent, not jointed.