A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

dodrantalis,-e (adj.B), dodrantarius,-a,-um (adj.A), dodralis,-e (adj.B): of nine inches (the English ‘span’), nine inches long; of or belonging to a dodrans; cf. spithameus,-a,-um (adj.A): 7 inches, a [Greek] span long or high;

- stirps dodrantalis, plant nine inches.

- ramis dodrantalibus, with nine inch branches.

- altitudine dodrantaria, with a nine inch height

- glaberrima dodrantalis simplex basi repens adscendens (DeCandolle), [planta] completely glabrous, nine inches, unbranched creeping at the base, ascending.

- (moss) caules fasciculati, spithamaei ad dodrantales (Hooker), the stems fasciculate, 7 [or 7.5] inches to nine inches.

- (moss) Caulis spithamaeus ad dodrantalem (Hooker), the stem 7 [or 7.5] inches to 9 inches tall.

- [Usnea dichotoma compressa] exemplaria hujus inter Muscos G. Sherardi, Bobarti & proprios sunt dodrantalia & pedalia (Dill.), specimens of this, among the personal mosses of G. Sherard, Bobart, are nine inches and one foot [long].