Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Pinus balsamea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1002.
   1754: Philip Miller created the genus Abies in the 4th edition of The Gardeners Dictionary.
   1768: Philip Miller, in The Gardeners Dictionary, 8th edition. Abies no. 3., transferred Pinus balsamea to the genus Abies.
   today: The current name for this species is Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.

Original Latin diagnosis:
Pinus foliis solitariis subemarginatis: subtus linea duplici punctata.

English translation:
Pinus with leaves solitary [and] subemarginate, below with a line double [and] dotted.

English translation with commentary:

Pinus	Pinus
with leaves	foliis - ablative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun folium, -i
solitary	solitariis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
subemarginate;	subemarginatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subemarginatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
below	subtus - adverb
with a line	linea - ablative singular of 1st declension feminine noun linea, -ae
double	duplici - ablative singular feminine of group B adjective duplex, duplex, duplex; modifies linea
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
dotted.	punctata - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective punctatus, -a, -um; modifies linea