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Huegelia R. Br. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Huernia (Heurnia) R. Br. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). 20 S. and trop. 

 Afr. 



Huernlopsis N.E. Br. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). I Cape Colony. 



Huertea Ruiz et Pav. Staphyleaceae. 2 Peru, Cuba. 



Hufelandia Nees (Bdlschiniedia p.p. BH.). Lauraceae (n). i C. Am. 



Hugeria Small (I'accinium p.p.)- Ericaceae (in. i). i N. Am. 



Hugonia L. Linaceae. ntrop. |^. The lower twigs of the infl. are 

 modified into hooks for climbing. 



Hulletia King. Moraceae (in). 2 Malay Peninsula. 



Hulsea Torr. et A. Gray. Compositae (6). 6 W. U.S. 



Humata Cav. Polypodiaceae. 20 palaeotrop. 



Humbertia Lam. Convolvulaceae (i). i Madag. 



Humble-bees, cf. Bee-flowers; robbery by -, Aconitutn, Delphinium. 



Humblotia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. I. i). i Comoro Is. 



Humboldtia Vahl (Batschia Vahl). Leguminosae (n. 3). 4 Ceylon 

 and S. India. H. laurifolia Vahl is myrmecophilous. The non- 

 flowering twigs are normal, but those that bear fls. have hollow 

 obconical internodes. In each of these, at the top, opposite the 1., is 

 a slit leading to the cavity which is inhabited by ants. 



Humea Sm. Compositae (4). 4 S. Austr. 



Humifusus (Lat.), spreading on surface. 



Humilis (Lat.), dwarf. 



Eumiria Jaume St. Hil. Humiriaceae. 3 trop. Am. 



Humiriaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Geraniales). 3 gen., 

 20 sp., trop. Am., Afr. Shrubs with alt. 1. and $ , reg- fls., 5-merous 

 with 10 oo sta. and cup-like disc. Ovules i 2 per cpl. Drupe. 

 CAief genera: Humiria, Saccoglottis. 



Humming-bird flowers, A bud Ion, Erythrina, Marcgravia. 



Humulus L. Moraceae (iv). 2 N. temp. Perennial climbing herbs. 

 Infl. cymose, dioec., the <? a much-branched pseudo panicle, the ? a 

 few-flowered pseudo-catkin with 2 fls. in the axil of each scale. Fl. 

 protog., wind fert. Achene. //. Liipulus L. is the hop, largely 

 cult. ; the fr. catkin is used in brewing, &c. 



Humus, decaying organic matter in the soil ; cf. Saprophytes. 



Hunga Panch. ex Guillaumin. Elaeocarpaceae. i New Caledonia. 



Hunnemannia Sweet. Papaveraceae (n). i Mexico. 



Hunteria Roxb. Apocynaceae (i. 3). 5 palaeotrop. 



Huntleya Baleman (Zygopetaluin p. p. BH.}. Orchid, (n. 14). 2 trop. 

 Am. 



Huon pine, Datrydhun Franklinii Hook. f. 



Hura L. Euphorbiaceae (A. 11.7). 2 or 3 trop. Am. , incl. H. crepitans 

 L., the sand box tree. Fr. with numerous hard woody cpls. Each, 

 as the ripe fr. dries, tries to expand from the A shape to a U shape. 

 Presently an explosion occurs and the seeds are shot out. The fr. 

 used to be wired together and used as sand boxes before the era of 

 blotting-paper. 



Husemannia F. Muell. Menispermaceae. r N.E. Austr. 



Husnotia Fourn. (Ditassa p.p. EP.). Asclepiadaceae (11. i). i Brazil. 



Hutchinsia R. Br. Cruciferae (4). 8 N. temp, (i in Brit.). 



Hutera Porta (Coincya p-p-). Cruciferae (3). i Spain. 



