A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): growing on clay; clayey, of a clayey consistency or quality; clay-colored, (yellowish-brown) [> argilla,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., ‘clay’];

1. (color);

- [Sphaeria disciformis; fungus] cortex in [var. a], (passim in Fago copiose obvia) nonnumquam ex argillaceo griseus est (S&A), the cortex in [var.a], in many places copiously encountered on Fagus [i.e. beech trees]) is sometimes clay-colored to ashy gray.

- Sphaeria argillacea, a fungus, ‘color modo cinereus, modo argillaceus; sed sordide rubiginosum , the color sometimes ashen, sometimes clay-colored; but also a dirty rusty-red.

- [C. aurantiaca; fungus] colore pulveris ab argillaceo nimis abludente, laete nimirum sulphureo-flavo (S&A), especially our variety, differs very much from the clayey [i.e. yellowish-brown] color of the powder [i.e. spores] definitely being a bright sulphur-yellow [color].

- [fungus] lamellae e colore initiali praepulchro in dilute argillaceo cinnamomeum cito transeunt (S&A), the lamellae quickly change from a very beautiful initial color into a diluted argillaceo-cinnamon-color [i.e. light reddish-brown].

-[fungus] lamellis ex argillaceo olivascentibus, with the lamellae argillaceo-olive-green.

- praeter caussas a cl. Schradero allegatas imprimis etiam var. nostra [beta beta], colore pulveris ab argillaceo nimis abludente, laete nimirum sulphureo - flavo, beyond the reasons mentioned by the distinguished Schrader, especially also our variety (beta beta], differs very much from the clayey color of the powder, certainly by the bright sulphur-yellow [color].

- [fungus] color modo cinereus, modo argillaceus; sed sordide rubiginosum, quem icon Persooniana (Icones pictae Tab. III. f. 1. 2. 3.) in nostro certe exemplari ostendit, numquam in hac specie observavimus: de quo cum in descriptionibus autoris mentio nuspiam fiat, mero forsan pictoris errori tribuendus erit (S&A), the color is sometimes ash-gray, sometimes clay-colored, [i.e. yellowish-brown]; but the dirty rusty-red, which the Personian illustration (Icones pictae, plate III figures 1.2.3.) shows, certainly in our copy, we have never observed in this species: about which, when a mention may be nowhere in the descriptions of the author, perhaps it will have to be attributed to nothing short of [i.e. purely] the error of the painter [i.e. artist].

2. (sediment):

- solum,-i (s.n.II) argillaceum, clay soil.

- supra terram arenosam, libenter argillaceam (Nyl.), upon sandy earth, upon clayey earth with enthusiasm.

- in umbrosis argillaceis ad radices palmarum Jamaicae (Mueller), native place. In shady clay [places, sc. locis] on the roots of the palms of Jamaica.

arenoso-argillaceus,-a,-um (adj.A): clay mixed with sand;

- incolit arida fruticeta, praecipue maritima, Indiae occidentalis, arenoso- argillacea (Swartz), it inhabits dry shrub-lands, expecially maritime, of western India, in clay-sandy places.