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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Hcptajrynia, 515. 



Heplcyi/nous : having seven pistils or 



styles. 

 Ileptuiiicwiis : the parts in sevens. 

 Hcptandria, 512. 



Ileptdndroiis : with sevca stamens, 280. 

 Hi'ptnpetalous : of seven petals, 276. 

 Herb, 101. 



Herbaceous : not -woody ; of a soft text- 

 ure like an herb, 101, 102. 

 Herbitriiun : the botanist's collection of 



dried specimens of plants, 518. 

 Hermdphrodile : bisexnal, 261. 

 Hesperidinin : a firm-rinded berry like 



an orange, 311. 

 Hftero-, in Greek derivatives : nnlikc ; as 

 Jlttei-ocdrpoiis: having two kinds of fruit. 

 Heteroccpliahns : bearing two kinds of 



iieads ; as in Baccharis. 

 Hfiterodrdmoiis, 140. 

 Hcterdi/nmons: bearing two sorts of 



flowers, 436. 

 H'teroqeneoas : of two or more kinds. 

 Hderdlropous, or hcterdtro/i<il, ovule or 



seed : same as amphitropous, 300. 

 Hexa-, in Greek derivatives; si.\. 

 Hexagy'nia, 515. 

 Hexui/i/)ioiis : having si.x. pistils or 



styles. 

 Hexdmerons : the parts in sixes, 234. 

 Ilexandria, 512. 



Hexdiidrous : with six stamens, 279. 

 Hexupe'laloiis : six-petalled, 276. 

 Hexaplii/llons : six-leaved, 275. 

 Hexdpterous : si.K-winged. 

 Hexuse'palous : with six sepals, 272. 

 Hexdsteitionous.: having six stamens. 

 Hickory-nut, 476. 

 Hidden-veined : where the veins are not 



visible, as those of the leaves of 



Pinks and Houseleeks. 

 Hilar : relating to the hilum. 

 Hilum : the scar, or point of attachment 



of the seed, 297, 321. 

 Hippocastanacese, or Hippocastaneffi, 



410. 

 Hippocre'piform : horseshoe-shaped. 

 Hirsute: clothed with coarse hairs. 

 Hispid : beset with stiff' bristly hairs. 

 Hoary : grayish-white from a fine pu- 

 bescence. 

 Ilomocarjtous : bearing fruits all of one 



kind. 

 Homodrdiiions, or homodromal, 140. 

 Homd'/amons : when all the flowers of a 



head, &c. are alike, 436. 

 Homo'/f'neons : all of the same nature or 



structure. 

 Homd'o(jons : of the same name ; said 



of parts which are of the same 



morphological natnre ; e. g. bracts, 



sepals, petals, stamens, and sim- 



ple pistils are homologous with 

 leaves; 225, 231. See Analogous. 



Homoloipie : an homologous part. 



Honidinallous (leaves, &c.) : originating 

 ail round an organ, bnt dii'ccted or 

 curved round to one side of it. 



Homoindrplious : of one form. 



Homdiropoiis, or homotropul (embryo) : 

 curved in the same way as the seed, 

 as in the Chickweed, fig. 621. 



Hops, 475. 



Hornij : see Corneous. 



Horizontal system, 50, 112. 



Horttts Siccus: same as herbarium. 



Huckleberry, 439. 



Humifase : spreading flat on the ground. 



Humus, Humic acid, 57. 



Hijaline : transparent, or partly so. 



Hijbrid: a cross-breed between individ- 

 uals of two species, 357. 



Hydrangiere, 425. 



HydrocharidaceaJ, 487 



Hydroleacea;, or Hydrolcas, 452. 



HydrophyllaccaR, 451. 



Hi/droj)liijfe : a water-plant. 



Hydrojnerides, 502. 



Hi/emal: belonging to winter. 



Hjme'nium : the gills of Mushrooms, &c., 

 507. 



Hymenophyllere, 501. 



ILjj)dnlhiuin : a naked fleshy receptacle, 

 like a fig. 



Hypericaceaj, 394. 



Hi/jio-, in Greek derivatives : under. 



Hi//>ocln/inm : the under jiart of the lip 

 of Orchids, when jointed or other- 

 wise distinguishable. 



Hiipocrate'riform, or, more properly, 



Hjpocraterimdrphous : salver-shaped ; 

 i. e. with a limb spreading flat at 

 riu'-ht angles to the tube; 277, fig. 

 457. 



H//po(/d'ous, or hi/por/rean (flowers or 

 fruits) : borne under ground, 76, 

 78, 328. 



Hijpd'iipions: growing under the jjistil, 

 and free, 250, 268, 280. 



Hijpoph/jllous : growing on the lo\yer 

 side of a leaf. 



Hjjsteranthoiis : plants who«e leaves ap- 

 pear later than the blossoms, as 

 the Red Maple. 



Hijsterophjtal : living on a matrix, eitiier 

 of dead or living organic matter. 



Hysterophytes : same as Fungi, &e. 



Tcos-, in Greek compounds : twenty. 



Icosandria, 512. 



Icosdndrous : having 20 stam ens or more 



inserted on the calyx, 280. 

 Illeccbrcaj, 396. 

 Imbibition, 177. 



