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Veronica marilandica L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Veronica marilandica in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 14.
   today: The current name for this species is Polypremum procumbens L.


original Latin diagnosis
Veronica floribus solitariis sessilibus, foliis linearibus, caulibus diffusis.

English translation
Veronica with flowers solitary [and] sessile; with leaf blades linear; with stems widely spreading.


English translation with commentary
Veronica Veronica
with flowers floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
solitary solitariis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies floribus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
sessile; sessilibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective sessilis, -is, -e; modifies floribus
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
linear; linearibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective linearis, -is, -e; modifies foliis
with stems caulibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun caulis, -is
widely spreading. diffusis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective diffusus, -a, -um; modifies caulibus


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