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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Heliconia—continued. 
vd hig 
Fic. 207, HELICONIA BIHAIL. 
H. vinosa (wine-red). J. large, broadly oblong, 14ft. long, 
acuminated, bright green above, purplish beneath ; upper surface 
` — plicate or ridged. Stem slender, greenish. Columbia, 
HELICTERES (from helikter, a twisted bracelet; so 
called from the screw-shaped carpels). ORD. Sterculiacee. 
A genus comprising about thirty species of pubescent or 
tomentose, stellate or branched, stove trees or shrubs, dis- 
tributed over the warmer regions of both hemispheres, 
the majority being American. Flowers axillary, solitary 
or fasciculate. Capsules often stellato-tomentose. Leaves 
entire or serrate. The undermentioned is the species best 
known to cultivation in this country. Helicteres thrive 
in a mixture of loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, 
taken off at a joint, and inserted in sand, under a glass, 
in heat. 
Isora (Isora). fl. orange-red, axillary. September. l. much 
resembling, in form and substance, those of the Hazel Nut; 
= when young, tomentose on both sides; the old leaves lose their 
TBM 20) the upper surface. h. 6ft. India, Australia, &c. 
_HELINUS (from helinos, a tendril; in reference to its 
climbing habit). ORD. Rhamnee. A genus comprising 
two or three species of climbing shrubs, natives of 
Abyssinia and South Africa. Flowers umbelled. Leaves 
` alternate, entire, cordate. Branches slender, angular. 
H. ovatus is a greenhouse shrubby climber; it requires 
rich, sandy loam, and plenty of pot room. Increased 
by seeds; and by half-ripened cuttings, placed in sand 
in gentle heat. GETE f 
H. ovatus (ovate). fl. greenish, in umbels. J. stalked, sub- 
oa cial. Natal, eee Branches irregular ; — 
HELIOCARPUS (from helios, the sun, and karpos 
a fruit; the valves of the capsule are elegantly ciliated 
around on all sides). Opp. Tiliacee. A genus com- 
_ prising four species of trees or shrubs, inhabiting tropical 
America. H. americanus, in all probability the only 
. species yet introduced, is a stove evergreen shrub 
thriving “in sandy loam and fibry peat. Half-ripened 
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Heliocarpus—continued. 
cuttings will root, during summer, in sand, under a bell 
glass. 
H. americanus (American). f. pupie small, disposed in cymes. 
July. l. cordate, serrate, three-lo ed, simple. A. 14ft. to 20ft. 1733. 
HELIOMERIS. A synonym of Gymnolomia (which 
see). : 
HELIOPHILA (from helios, the sun, and phileo, to 
love; in reference to the plants growing in sunny situa- 
tions). ORD. Orucifere. A genus containing (according 
to Sonder) sixty species of annual herbs or sub-shrubs ; 
but the number is considerably reduced by Bentham 
and Hooker. All are natives of South Africa. Racemes 
elongated. Leaves very variable. Stem round, branched. 
The annual species are the only sorts grown in our 
gardens; and these are of easy culture. Seeds should 
be sown in the open border, during March or April; or, 
for an earlier display, in March, in frames, and afterwards 
planted out. 
H. am ulis (stem-clasping). fi. varying from white to 
purplish, small. June to September. l., lower ones opposite ; 
weer pend alternate, cordate, stem-clasping, oblong, entire. 
H. coronopifolia (buckhorn-leaved). 
June to September. l. pignate-parted ; lobes linear, 
h. lft. to 2ft. 1778. 
f. blue-violet, spreading. 
quite entire. 
Fig. 208. HELIOPHILA PILOSA INCISA, showing Habit 
H. p. incisa (incised). 1, lin i 
rarely five-fid ; lobes es or —— See ti ato, 
_ HELIOPSIS (from helios, the sun, and opsis, like; 
in allusion to the appearance of the flowers). ORD. 
hardy herbs, perennials—with the exception of a couple of 
species of unintroduced annuals—two of which are from 
America. Flower-heads rather large; corolla yellow. 
Leaves petiolate, all opposite or the upper ones rarely 
H. levis (smooth). j.-heads about 3in. across, terminal, on long 
— Autumn. Z. ovate-lanceolate, coarsely serrate. h. 3ft. to 
scabra, having a somewhat hoary involucre and roughish foliage. 
HELIOTROPE. See Heliotropium. 
OPIUM (old Greek name used by Theo- 
phrastus, from helios, the sun, and trope, a turning; 
trope ; Turnsole. ORD. Boraginew. A large genus (about 
150 species have been described, although, in all pro- 
and detached Single Flower. 
int, 
under name of H, arabioides.) gies & = 
Composite. A genus comprising about six species of 
North America, and the third from Central and South 
alternate. For culture, see Helianthus. 
6ft. America, 1714. (B. M. 3372.) There is a variety, 
HELIOTROPIEÆ. A tribe of Boraginee. 
according to the ancients, it turned with the sun). Helio- 
bability, not more than 100 are entitled to specific rank) 
