A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

habitus,-a,-um (part.A);

1. as perfect passive participle,

2. as adjective;

1. (part.A: the perfect passive participle of the verb habeo, habui, habitum, 2: to have been considered, regarded, regarded as, taken for (pro + abl.); cf. sumptus,-a,-um (part.A) + pro + abl.; see state (condition);

- Ordo in Subordines 5, ínter se magnopere affines, facile divisus est, quorum quartus et quintus, etsi multis auctoribus pro Ordinibus habiti, a secundo et primo nullis characteribus validis distinguendi sunt, (B&H), an order easily divided into 5 suborders, [that are] very much related among themselves, a quarter and a fifth of which, even if by many authors to have been been taken for Orders, are distinguished by no valid characters from the second and the first.

- genus in sectiones 2 dividitur pro generibus a variis auctoribus habitas (B&H), the genus is divided into 2 sections taken by various authors for genera.

- subgenera sequentia pro generibus auctoribus interdum habita (B&H), the following subgenera are sometimes taken for genera by authors. - sectionum sequentium variae pro generibus, etsi malo definitiae, ab auctoribus habitae sunt (B&H), various of the following sections are taken for genera, even if badly defined, by authors.

- genus in sectiones 2, pro generibus variis auctoribus habitas et aegre distinguendas, divisum (B&H), a genus into two sections taken by various authors for genera and with difficulty distinguished. 2. habitus,-a-um (part.A), compar. habitior,-ius (adj.B); superl. habitissimus,-a,-um (adj.A): retained, maintained, having been maintained; well-kept; stout, robust, fleshy, burly; being in a good physical condition; (with adverb) in a (specified) condition; “held or kept in a certain condition, state, humor” (Lewis & Short) [> L. habeo,-ui,-itum 2.];

NOTE: Ray uses this adj. (in the comparative: ‘rather stout’) for spikes with numerous, sessile flowers.

- [Persicaria] florum spicae breviores, densiores & habitiores sunt quam Persicariae urentis (Ray), the spikes of flowers are shorter, denser and stouter than Persicaria urens.

- floribus in summis ramis confertis, inferioribus in verticillos habitores compactis, colore flavicante (Ray) with the flowers thickly packed on the tips of the branches, the lower ones compact in stouter verticils, with a yellowish color.

- In summis caulibus & ramulis ex alis foliorum egrediuntur, tenues, flores sustinentes in spicas habitiores seu racemos congestos, satis amplos, pulchellos, pentapetalos, ex albo purpurascentes, apicibus rubentibus (Ray), at the summits of stems and branchlets, issuing out from the axils of the leaves, delicate, supporting the flowers in rather stout spikes or congested racemes, quite big, rather pretty, with five petals, whitish purple, reddish at the apices.

- flores in spicas breves, habitiores seu capitula oblonga glomerati, spadicei, tetrapetali, singuli singulis insidentes seminibus oblongis, quadratis (Ray), the flowers in short, stout spikes, or oblong compactly clustered capitula [i.e. heads], date-colored [i.e. deep reddish-brown], with four petals, each oblong, four-angled seed situated on each flower [i.e. one seed to a flower].

- flore

a. in spicas digestis

i. breviores, floribus densius stipatis

ii. habitiores, cum foliis in summa spica; Stoechas.

ii. minores & tenuiores seu graciliores, longis insidentes pediculis, spicae triticeae aemulas; Lavendula.

i. longiores, verticillis rarioribus compositas, foliis virentibus; Hyssopus. b. ad caulium nodos foliis intermistis (Ray);

With the flower:

1. Arranged in spikes.

i. Rather short, with the flowers more densely stalked.br>
ii. Stout, with the leaves on a topmost spike.br>
ii. Smaller and thinner or more slender, seated on long pedicels, resembling a triticaceous spike; Lavendula.br>
i. Rather long, composed in more separated verticils, with leaves green; Hyssopus.br>
1. On the modes of the stems intermixed with the leaves.

Habitus,-us (s.m.IV), acc. sg. habitum, dat. sg. habitui, abl.sg. habitu, nom. & acc. pl. habitus, gen. pl. habituum, dat. & abl.pl. habitibus: “the general appearance of a plant; its manner of growth, without reference to details of structure” (Lindley); habit, condition, aspect or general appearance, posture, nature, manner of growth, disposition; see appearance, development; see architectura,-ae (s.f.I);

- Genus habitu naturalissimum, sed characteres diagnostici a siliqua sumpti nulli vel decipientes (B&H); a genus most nature in general appearance, but the diagnostic characters taken from the siliqua are none or deceiving.

- habitu decumbenti similis Serenoae serrulatae, with a decumbent posture similar to Serenoa serrulata [= dative sg.].

- inter species Sectionis Andinii W. Becker habitu rosulato similis, among species of the section Andinius W. Becker similar by the rosulate habit.

- quoad habitum et fabricam internam apotheciorum ad Lecanoram hageni accedit, as to habit and the internal structure of the apothecia it approaches Lecanora hageni (Stearn).

- species habitu cum Lindsaea schomburgkii optime congruens, species in habit with Lindsaea schomburgkii best agreeing (Stearn).

- habitu amphibio, with an amphibious habit; habitu peruvido, by the very wet condition; habitu arborescenti, by the arborescent habit; habitu fruticoso, by the shrubby habit.

- habitui repenti Astragali esperanzae Jones similis, sed differt habitu recto (non patenti), similar to the sprawling habit of Astragalus esperanzae Jones, but it differs by the erect habit (not spreading).

- habitus caespitosus, the habit is caespitose.

- habitu arbusculo notabilis, notabile by its small-treelike habit.

- quoad habitum weisioideum, as to habit weisioid (like the genus Weisia.

- arbor parva, habitu Alni, small tree with the habit of Alnus.

- habitu inflorescentiae determinato, with the condition of the inflorescence determinate.

- habitus (s.m.IV) diversimodus (adj.A): manner of growth in diverse ways.

NOTE: the ‘habitus’ does not refer to the ‘habitat’ or (ecological) place of growth; see ‘habitat.’

weeping habit: habitus pendulus (adj.A), abl. sg. habitu pendulo.