A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

axial, axile (Eng.adjj.): relating to the axis, located along the axis; positioned on the axis; pertaining to the axis [not the axil, q.v.]; having to do with the axis, situated on the axis, a hypothetical line around which organs, appendages, etc. are arranged; “of or belonging to the axis” (Lindley); “relating to the morphological axis, as distinct from its appendages” (Jackson); “of the axis without reference to its morphological nature, as axile placentation” (Jackson); “in the axis; used especially of the placentae in the ovary” (Fernald 1950); (fungi) “(of columella of Gasteromycetes) penetrating the gleba as an axis” (S&D): axialis,-e (adj.B), axilis,-e (adj.B) [> L. axis,-is (s.m.III), ‘axis,’ q.v.]; see columella,-ae (s.f.I).

NOTE: this adj. relates to the axis, not the axil, q.v.

NOTE: not axillary or axillar; see axillary.

NOTE: this adjective refers both to the position on the axis, and the axis itself.

- embryo rectus, axilis, radicula ad hilum versa et ideo saepius supera (DeCandolle), the embryo straight, on the axis, with the radicle facing the hilum and for this reason more often above [superior].

- testa coriacea, laevis; "albumen copiosum ; embryo orthotropus, axilis " (matura nobis desunt)(B&H), the seedcoat is leathery, smooth; “the albumen copious; the embryo orthotropous, on the axis” (mature [sc. seeds] absent with us).

Appendages of the axis, axial appengages, “all the leafy or thin expansions that grow upon a stem, such as leaves, and the parts of a flower” (Lindley): appendix,-icis (s.f.III) axialis, abl. sg. appendice axiali; see appendix,-icis (s.f.III); appendiculum axiale, abl. sg. appendiculo axiali; see appendage.

Axile placentation (in a compound pistil): “ovules attached to the central axis of an ovary with two or more locules” (Harris & Harris); when the carpels are folded inward and the ovules occur along the central axis of the ovary: placentatio (-onis (s.f.III) axilis, abl. sg. placentatione axili; see placentation.

Axial strand: in mosses, see 'central strand.'