330 HOLOZONIA 



Holozonia Greene (Lagophylla i>.p. EP.}. Compositae (5). i N. Am. 

 Holstia Pax. Euphorbiaceae (A. 11.2). 2 trop. Afr. 

 Holubia Oliv. Pedaliaceae. i S. Afr. 

 Holy grass (Am.), Hierochloe. 



Homalanthus A. Juss. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 7). 10 Indomal., Polynes. 



Homalium Jacq." Flacourtiaceae (9). 80 trop. After fert. the sepals 



or petals, or both, grow large and form wings (often hairy) to the fr. 



Homalobus Nutt. ex Torr. et Gray (Astragalus p.p.). Leguminosae 



(in. 6). 10 N. Am. 



Homalocalyx F. Muell. Myrtaceae (n. i). i N.E. Austr. 

 Homalomena Schott. Araceae (v). 80 trop. As. and S. Am. 

 Homalopetalum Rolfe. Orchidaceae (n. 6). i Jamaica. 

 Homalosciadium Domin (Hydrocotyle p.p.). Umbellif. (i. i). i Austr. 

 Homalostachys Boeck. (Scleria p.p. EP.). Cyperaceae (n). i China. 

 Homeria Vent. Iridaceae (u). 8 S. Afr. Bulbils in axils of lower 1. 



Cult. orn. fl. 



Homilacanthus Sp. Moore. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i E. trop. Afr. 

 Hominy, the meal of maize, Zea Mays L. 

 Homochaete Benth. Compositae (4). i S. Afr. 

 Homochroma DC. Compositae (3). i S. Afr. 

 Homogyne Cass. Compositae (8). 3 Mts. of Eur. 

 Homoianthus Bonpl. ex DC. = Perezia Lag. p.p. (Comp.). 

 Homoio-, Homo- (Gr. pref.), alike, similar; -chlamydeous (P), with 1. 

 of one kind only; -dromous (aestivation), all 1. turned the same 

 way, not to r. in one, to 1. in another, fl.; -gamous (fl.) one in which 

 sta. and stigma ripen together, and cf. Compositae; -geneous, uni- 

 form ; -logous, equivalent by descent ; -morphous, uniform in shape ; 

 -nym, the same specific name of the same pi., in another genus; 

 -plastic, equivalent in structure and mode of origin, but of parallel, 

 not common, descent ; -sporous, with spores of one kind only, Pteri- 

 dophyta. 



Homolepis Chase (Panic it in p.p.). Gramineae (5). 3 trop. S. Am. 

 Homonoia Lour. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 2). 4 Indomal. 

 Homonoma Bello (Nepsera EP.). Melastomaceae (i). i Porto Rico. 

 Homopogon Stapf. Gramineae (2). i French Soudan. 

 Homoranthus A. Cunn. ex Schau. Myrtaceae (n. 2). i E. Austr. 

 Homozeugos Stapf. Gramineae (2). i W. Afr. 

 Honckenya Bartl. - Arenaria Rupp. (#//.) =Alsine Scop. p.p. 

 Honckenya Willd. Tiliaceae. 3 trop. W. Afr. 

 Honesty, Lunaria biennis Moench. 



Honey, a sweet secretion formed (usu. in fl.) by nectaries; cf. especially 

 Bee-flowers ; -dew, Acer, Tilia ; -guides, marks, &c. to show the 

 way to the honey, Myosotis ; -leaves, Berberidaceae, Lardizabalaceae, 

 Rannnculaceae ; -locust, Gleditschia ; -palm,/Hl>afa ; sham-, Lopezia, 

 Parnassia; -suckle, Lonicera, (W.I.) Desmodiitm, Tecoma, (Austr.) 

 Banksia ; - - French, Hedysanim. 



Hoodia Sweet. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). 5 trop. and S. Afr. Cactus-like. 

 Hook-Climbers, cf. Climbing Plants; -S on fruit, &c., aiding animal- 

 dispersal, cf. Agrimonia (on receptacle), Bidens (pappus), Cenchrus 

 (sterile spikelets), Emex (P), Geum (style), Tragoceros (C), Triglo- 

 chin (cpl.), Uncinia (axis of origin), Xantkium (invol.). 



