A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

inaequalis,-e (adj.B): unalike; not equal or similar in size, not uniform; an ‘umbella inaequalis’ is an umbel of which the florets are all unalike (after Lindley); unequal, not equal to; unequal in age; not resembling, not similar to; uneven, not uniform, irregular; asymmetric; see aequalis,-e (adj.B);

- Cor. 3-petala; basi cohaerens, inaequalis, curva & recurva & quasi 2-labiata (Swartz), the corolla 3-petalled; fused at the base, unequal [irregular], curved and recurved and as if 2-lipped.

- STAM. Filamenta (6-8) inaequaïia; 4breviora, 3 longitudine calycis (Swartz), stamen. filaments 6-8, unequal, 4 shorter, 3 with the length of the calyx.

- pétala 5, inaequalia, unguiculata, subrotunda,: quintum superius paullo majus (Swartz), petals 5, unequal, clawed, nearly rounded; the fifth upper one somewhat larger.

- pétala 5. inaequalia; 2 superiora minora, macula fusca; cetera majora (Swartz), the petals 5, unequal; the upper two smaller, with a fuscous spot; the others larger.

- variat ostiolis laevibus (in Alno) et rudibus i. e. superficie inaequali conspicuis (in Cytiso Laburno)(S&A), it varies with the ostioles smooth (on Alnus) and with conspicuous rods [or ‘sticks’], i.e. with an uneven surface (on Cytisus, Laburnum).

- [lichen] thallus infra quoque valde inaequalis umbilico rhizineo mediocri vel latiusculo (Nyl.), the thallus underneath also very uneven with a rhizineous, medium or slightly broad umbilicus.

- [Boletus esculentus; fungus] Вoletus [Gk.] bOlitEs dicitur a voce Graeca bOlos, idеst gleba, ob figuram inaequalem, et superficiem perforatam, ut in glebis observatur (Mich.), Boletus is called bOlitEs, from the Greek word bOlos, that is, ‘gleba,’ due to the irregular [i.e. uneven] shape, and the perforated surface, as observed in glebes [i.e. clods of earth or soil].