A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Phytologia,-ae (s.f.I): phytology, “that part of Botany which treats of plants in general” (Lindley); “botany, the study of plants” (Jackson); see ‘botany;’ - phytographia, description OR portrayal of plants; phytologia, study of plants, botany; phytopathologia, study of plant diseases (Stearn). - P. B.= Phytologia Britannica Londini edita 1650. 8. (Ray), British Botany [i.e. Botany of Britain], published in London, 8 [octavo]. - [term] Caro in Phytologia substantiam illam molliorem fructuum succulentorum notat, quam alias pulpam vocamus, ut pulpa seu caro Cassiae, caro Prunorum, &c. Schrod. (Ray), ‘Caro’ [i.e. ‘flesh’] in Phytology [i.e. botany], indicates the soft substance of succulent fruits, which [in other substances] we call pulp, as the pulp or flesh of Cassia, the flesh of plums; see Cassia,-ae (s.f.I). - [term] Juba in Phytologia est arundinacea coma laxe effusa, qualis in Milio est (Ray), “juba” in Phytology [i.e. botany] is a reedy coma [i.e. plant apex] loosely spreading out, of such a kind as is in Milium. NOTE: Milium effusum L., milletgrass or wood millet.

- [term] Pulpa est caro seu substantia fructuum succulentorum inter corticem ac nucleum comprehensa, v. g. Pomorum, Cerasorum & similium. Primario significat partem carnosam in corpore Animalis (Ray), ‘pulp’ is the flesh or substance of succulent fruit enclosed between the cortex [i.e. skin, peel] and the nucleus [i.e. nut, central mass], for example [the fruit of] of Apples, Cherries & similar. In its primary [i.e. original] meaning it means the fleshy part in the body of an Animal.

- [term] Comae sunt plantarum summitates vel arborum frondes (Ray), ‘comas’ are the tops [i.e. highest parts] of plants or the fronds [i.e. foliage or canopies] of trees.

- [term] Stylus in Phytologia est pars floris medium ejus occupans & rudimento fructus aut seminis cohaerens. Dicitur stylus quia in longitudinem tenuem plerunque extenditur Jung. Vid.lib.x. cap.io.pag. 18. (Ray), the Stylus in Phytology is the part of the flower occupying its middle and connecting with the rudiment [i.e. early stage] of the fruit or seed. It is called the stylus because it usually is extended into a thin length [i.e. the narrow length between the stigma and the ovary; also as a writing stylus or a long stick] Jung. See book 10, chapter 10, page 18; see style.

NOTE: Jung.: Joachimi Jungii Isagoge Phytoscopica, &c. Hamburgi 1679. 4 [=quarto].