ECONOMIC PLANTS OF PORTO RICO, 159 
COOK AND COLLINS 
Heliotropo. See Heliotropium peruvianum. 
Henna. See Lawsonia inermis. 
Henriettella fascicularis. CAMACEY SIMPLE, 
Family Melastomaceae; a shrub 5 to 4 meters high; grows on mountains above 
500 feet elevation. (Stahl, 4: 114.) 
Herbeclinium macrophyllum. See Euputorinm macrophyllum and Bacopa 
chamaedryoides, 
Hernandia sonora. 
Family Hernandiaceae; a tree with large peltate leaves, the juice of which is 
said to be a powerful depilatory; reported from near Rincon and Yabucoa. 
Herpestis monniera. See Bucopa monnicra, 
Herpetica alata. TALANTALA. PLATE XXXIX. 
Family Cassiaceae; a shrubby plant 4 tos feet high, also called ringworm shrub 
in Jamaica on account of its reputed healing properties for that disorder. Bello 
gives the common name as **talantro.”’ (Stahl, 8: 107, as Cassia alata.) 
Heteropteris bellonis. AHORCA CABALLO. 
An indigenous, climbing shrub of the family Malpighiaceae. From Sabana 
Grande, Maricao, and Lares. Appears in Stahl’s ** Flora’? as Stigmatophyllon 
chrysophylla. 
Heteropteris chrysophylla. Brsuco DE PARALEJO, 
A vine found by Stahl at Humacao. (Stahl, 2: 147). 
Heteropteris laurifolia. PARALEJO VELLUDO. 
A shrub 2 to3 meters high; collected by Heller near Mayaguez. (Stahl, 2: 149, 
as Heteropteris pubiflora, ) 
Heteropteris pubiflora. See Heteropteris laurifolia. 
Heteropteris purpurea. BrJUCO DE PARALEJO ROSADO, — 
A low, woody climber among shrubs. (Stahl, 2: 148.) 
Hibiscus abelmoschus. See Abelmoschus abelmoschus. 
Hibiscus bifurcatus. BUENOS DIAS. 
An herbaceous, woody annual, 1 to 2 meters high, found in shady waste places. 
(Stahl, 2: 91.) 
Hibiscus elatus. EMAJAGUA EXCELSA. 
A spreading tree growing to be 60 feet high and 8 feet through; used for lumber; 
does not corrode the nails; very durable; the bark is said to make good rope. 
(Stahl, 2: 95. as Paritium elatum.) 
Hibiscus esculentus. See Abelmoschus esculentus. 
Hibiscus mutabilis. MARAVILLA. 
A shrub 3 to 4 meters high, cultivated in gardens for its flowers. (Stahl, 2: 89.) 
Hibiscus radiatus. PAVONA ENCENDIDA. 
A woody shrub, | meter high, cultivated in gardens. (Stahl, 2: 90.) 
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. PAVvoNa. 
A shrub 3 to 4 meters high, cultivated in gardens for its beautiful flowers. 
Introduced from Asia. At Santurce this species was called ** mapola.” (Stahl, 
2: 838.) 
Hibiscus sabdariffa. JAMAICA SORREL. VINA. 
A shrubby annual or biennial, valued for the fleshy red calyx, which has a 
sharp but not unpleasant acid taste. The jellies and sauces made from it have 
been compared to those obtained from cranberries. In British India this plant 
is the basis of a considerable agricultural industry, it being grown there both for 
the calyx and for a fiber extracted from the stems by a process of retting. For 
