A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Stipella,-ae (s.f.I), abl.sg. stipella, nom. pl. stipellae, acc. pl. stipellas, dat. & abl. pl. stipellis; also stipellum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. stipello, sec. Jackson [> L. dim. of stipula,-ae (s.f.I)]: stipel, an organ anagalous to a stipule subtending a leaflet; secondary stipules of compound leaves; “a stipel, “secondary stipules, such as are found at the base of compound leaves” (Lindley); ‘a minute stipule on a partial petiole of compound leaves’ (Jackson);

- [Tripterium coelidonii] stipellis nullis (DeCandolle) with no stipellae.

- foliolis subcoriaceis obovatis, obtuse acuminatis breve petiolulatis, stipellis setaceis demum deciduis (F.Mueller), with the leaflets somewhat leathery, obovate, obtusely acuminate, shortly petiolulate, with the stipels finally deciduous.

- foliolis oblique ovato-oblongis planis mucronatis brevissime petiolulatis penninerviis reticulato-venosis, stipellis inter paria omnia subulatis (F. Mueller), with the leaflets obliquely ovate-oblong, flat, mucronate, very shortly petiolulate, feather-nerved [i.e. pinnately-nerved], reticulate-veined, with the all the stipellas between the pairs subulate.

- [Thalictrum aquilegifolium] stipellis ovatis binis ad basin petioli ramificationum (DeCandolle), with the stipels ovate, two each at the base of the branching of the petiole.

- floribis subnutantibus laxe paniculatis, stipellis minimis ad basin praecipuorum petioli ramificationum (DeCandolle), with the flowers somewhat nodding, laxly paniculate, with the stipells very small at the base of the main branching of the petiole.

NOTE: the fungus genus Stipella,-ae (s.f.I), Trichomycetes (Ainsworth & Bisby).