318 HECASTOCLEIS 



Hecastoclels A. Gray. Compositae (12). i Nevada. 



Hechtia Klotzsch. Bromeliaceae (2). 15 Mexico. Cult. orn. infl. 



Hecistopteris J. Sm. Polypodiaceae. i trop. Am. 



Heckeldora Pierre. Meliaceae (in). 2 trop. Afr. 



Heckelia K. Schum. Menispermaceae. i New Guinea. 



Heckeria Kunth (Piper p.p. EP.}. Piperaceae. 8 trop. 



Hectorella Hook. f. Portulaceae. i N.Z. 



Hecubaea DC. (Heleninm p.p. EP.). Compositae (6). i Mexico. 



Hedeoma Pers. Labiatae (vi). 30 Am. 



Hedeomoides Briq. (Pogogyne p.p.). Labiatae (vi). 3 California. 



Hedera Tourn. ex L. Araliaceae. 3 temp. ;%. H. Helix L. (ivy) is 

 a root climber. L. dimorphic, those on the climbing shoots lobed, 

 those on the freely projecting shoots that bear the infl. not. The 

 former form leaf- mosaics better. Fls. not very conspicuous, but 

 coming out late in the year are largely visited for the freely exposed 

 honey by flies and wasps. 



Hederella Stapf (Dissochaeta p.p. EH.}. Melastomac. (i). 4 Mai. 

 Arch. 



Hederopsis C. B. Clarke. Araliaceae (i). i Malay Peninsula. 



Hedge-Log grass (Am.), Cenchrus; -hyssop (Am.), Gratiola; -mus- 

 tard, Sisymbriitm, (W.I.) Ckenopodium ; -nettle (Am.), Stackys; 

 -parsley, Caucalis. 



Hedona Lous. (Lychnis p.p.). Caryophyllaceae (n. i). i Tibet. 



Hedraeanthus A. DC. Campanulaceae (i). 12 S.E. Eur., Caucasus. 



Hedraianthera F. Muell. Celastraceae. i E. Austr. 



Hedwigia Sw. (Tetragastris EP.). Burseraceae. 3 trop. Am., W.I. 

 H. balsamifera Sw. (Antilles) is known as pig's balsam, on account 

 of a legend that wounded pigs rub against the trees to heal wounds 

 with the resin. 



Hedycapnos Planch. =Dicentra Bernh. (Papav.). 



Hedycarya Forst. Monimiaceae. 10 Austr. to Fiji. 



Hedychium Koen. Zingiberaceae (i). 30 trop. As., Madag. Rhizome 

 olten tuberous. The fl. has a long tube, at the end of which spring 

 the narrow free parts of the petals and the larger staminodes and 

 labellum. The stigma projects just beyond the anther. Cult, 

 orn. fl. 



Hedyosmum Sw. Chloranthaceae. 20 trop. Am. 



Hedyotis L. (Oldenlandia p.p. EP.}. Rubiaceae (i. 2). 120 trop. 



Hedypnois Schreb. = Rhagadiolus Tourn. 



Hedypnois (Tourn.) Scop. (Leontodon BH.}. Compositae (13). 3 

 Medit. 



Hedysarum (Tourn.) L. Leguminosae (in. 7), 70 N. temp. 



Hedyscepe H. Wendl. et Drude (Kentia p.p. EP.). Palmaceae (iv. i). 

 i Lord Howe's Island. 



Heeria Meissn. (Anaphrenium E. Mey. BH.}. Anacardiaceae (3). 

 12 Afr. 



Heeria Schlecht. (Heterocentron EP.}. Melastomaceae (i). 6 C. 

 Am. Some sta. attract insects, the others pollinate them (cf. Com- 

 melina). 



Helmia Link et Otto (Nesaea BH.). Lythraceae. 2 trop. Am. 



Heinsenia K. Schum. Rubiaceae (n. i). 2 trop. Afr. 



