A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

fatiscens,-entis (part.B): disintegrating, crumbling, disappearing [> L. fatisco,-ere; cf. L. fatigo, fessus, adfatim], 'to open in chinks or clefts, to gape or crack open, to fall apart, tumble to pieces; to grow weak, become exhausted, to droop, faint]; cf. solutus,-a,-um (part.A), completely separate from adjacent parts;

- sphaerulae post allquot dies exsiccatae inque farinam albidam fatiscentes (S&A), the sphaerules drying out after a few days and disintegrating into a whitish powder.

- capsula globosa, immersa, tenera, apiculata vel mutica, clausa, vel pressa in medio horizontaliter fatiscens (Austin), the capsule globose, immersed, delicate, apiculate or muticous, enclosed or, when pressed, disintegrating horizontally in the middle.

- [Macromitrium tomentosum] perist. simplicis membrana tenera integra reticulata albida subhyalina apice fatiscens (C. Muell.), [peristomii simplicis] with the membrane of the simple [i.e. not double] peristome delicate, entire, reticulated, whitish, somewhat hyaline, disintegrating at the apex.

Lobelia fatiscens Heenan; Magnolia fatiscens Rich. ex DC.