Campanula lilifolia

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Campanula lilifolia L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Campanula lilifolia in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 165 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
today: The current name for this species is Adenophora lilifolia (L.) A. DC.

original Latin diagnosis
Campanula foliis lanceolatis: caulinis acute serratis, floribus paniculatis nutantibus.

English translation
Campanula with leaf blades lanceolate, the cauline [blades] sharply serrate, and with flowers paniculate [and] nodding.

English translation with commentary

Campanula Campanula

with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium

lanceolate, lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

the cauline [blades] caulinis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective caulinus, -a, -um; agrees with foliis

acutely acute - adverb; modifies serratis

serrate; serratis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um; agrees with caulinis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

with flowers floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris

paniculate paniculatis - ablative plural of group A adjective paniculatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus

[and] [added for smoother reading]

nodding. nutantibus - ablative plural of present active participle of first conjugation verb nuto, -are. -avi, -atum; modifies floribus

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Campanula	Campanula
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium
lanceolate,	lanceolatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
the cauline [blades]	caulinis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective caulinus, -a, -um; agrees with foliis
acutely	acute - adverb; modifies serratis
serrate;	serratis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective serratus, -a, -um; agrees with caulinis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with flowers	floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
paniculate	paniculatis - ablative plural of group A adjective paniculatus, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
nodding.	nutantibus - ablative plural of present active participle of first conjugation verb nuto, -are. -avi, -atum; modifies floribus