Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Valeriana cornucopiae in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 31.
   today: The current name for this species is Fedia cornucopiae (L.) Gaertn.

Original Latin diagnosis:
Valeriana floribus diandris ringentibus, foliis ovatis sessilibus.

English translation:
Valeriana with flowers two-stamened [and] with an open mouth [and] with leaf blades ovate [and] sessile.

English translation with commentary:

Valeriana	Valeriana
with flowers	floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
two-stamened	diandris - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective diandrus, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with an open mouth	ringentibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of deponent verb ringor, ringi, rictus; modifies floribus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
ovate	ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
sessile.	sessilibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective sessilis, -is, -e; modifies foliis