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AN ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
HEMIANDRA (from hemi, a half, and andros, a HEMIONFTES (old Greek name used by Dioscorides, 
male; alluding to the dimidiate anthers). ORD. Labiate. from hemionos, a mule; supposed to be barren). ORD. 
A genus comprising three species of greenhouse shrubs | Filices. A genus comprising eight species of stove ferns, 
or sub-shrubs, inhabiting South-west Australia. Flowers | found in both hemispheres. Sori continues along the 
white or pink, axillary, solitary, with a pair of bracts | veins, and copiously reticulated. The species are admir- 
under the calyx. Leaves opposite, entire, narrow, rigid, | ably suited for growing in Wardian cases. For culture, 
pungent-pointed. The species thrive in a sandy loam and | see Ferns. 
peat compost. Propagated by cuttings, made of half- H. cordata (heart-shaped). cau, erect. sti., of the barren fronds, 
ripened wood, and inserted in sand, under a bell glass, 2in. to 4in. long ; of the fertile ones, about 1ft, long, densely fibril- 
4 š lose at base. fronds 6in. to Yin, long, lin. to 2}in. broad, ovate or 
during April. oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, e sub-entire, base nar- 
H. gens (stinging). fl. white or — with darker spots; rowed. sori confined to the veins. India, &c. : 
calyx two-lipped ; corolla tube exserted and dilated into a broad | W, palmata (palmate). cau. erect. sti., of barren fronds, 4in. ; 
throat. May. l. sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, rigid, acute, of the fertile one, 6in. to 12in. long, hairy. fronds 2in. to 6in. each 
with pungent points. h. lft. to 2ft. A diffuse or spreading rigid way, palmate, with five nearly equal lanceolate divisions; both 
sprue tpt —— to ponian, aro byo orms e surfaces villose, West Indies, &c., 1793. See Fig. 218, (H. E. F. 53.) - 
above: H. brevifolia, H. emarginata, H. glabra, H. hirsuta, an H. pinnata (pinnate). sti. bin, to 9in. long, gl dark chestnut- 
H. rupestris. (L. J. F. 126.) brown, clothed with soft yellowish hairs, i fonds in to 9 bin. long, 
‘ ; in. to țin. broad, the apex deeply pinnatifid, below wo or 
: HEMICHÆNA (froni hemi, half, and chaino, to three pairs of distinct pinnæ, the upper ones oblong-lanceolate, 
gape; in allusion to the two-lipped corolla). ORD. Scro- the lowest larger and forked at the base, all repand. Jamaica. 
phularinew. A monotypic genus. The species is a hand- HEMIPHRAGMA (from hemi, half, and phragma, 
some half-hardy shrub. It thrives in a loam and peat | a partition; referring to the division of the capsule). ORD. 
compost. Ripened cuttings will root, under a hand glass, | §crophularinee. A monotypic genus, the species being a 
in bottom’ heat.. nearly hardy prostrate herb, often spreading to a great 
H. fruticosa (shrubby). J, cymes usually three-flowered, much | extent. It thrives in a well-drained loam, and, provided 
shorter than the leaves ; cal in. long, tubular ; corolla golden- te $ 3 s : 
yellow. duly, L opposite, Yin to Diu ioie, Zin’ to Buin. broad, cise —— in a cold frame, during winter, succeeds 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, irregularly or doubly — without m care. : 
— — on both surfaces. h. 3ft. to5ft, Guate and H. um (variable-leaved). fl. ae small, usually 
osta Rica, 1873. (B. M. 6164.) sessile and solitary ; corolla campanulate, five-lobed. Summer. 
HEMICLIDIA BAXTERI. A synonym of Dry. lT a ME a thane sh ate yaa 
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andra falcata (which see). ary leaves — axils. —— 
HEMISTEMMA. nelude under Hibbertia 
HEMIDICTYUM. See Asplenium. (which see). 
HEMIMERIS (from hemi, half, and meris, a part; HEMITELIA (from hemi, half, and telia, a lid; in 
upper lip of corolla nearly obsolete). Orp. Scrophu- | reference to the shape of the indusium). Orp. Filices. 
larinew. A genus comprising about four species of annual | 4 genus of about thirty species of very beautiful stove 
herbs, natives of Southern Africa. Corolla yellow, ex- | and greenhouse tree ferns. Fronds ample, pinnate or 
panded, sub-bilabiate, four-fid, the upper segment very decompound. Sori globose, dorsal, upon a vein or 
shortly emarginate, the lower segment very large, the veinlet ; receptacle elevated; involucre a scale situated 
lateral short and wide; calyx five-parted; peduncles axil- | on the under side of the sorus, of variable size, shape, 
Li one-flowered, deflexed after flowering. op to = and texture. For culture, see Ferns. 
site. < H. montana, perhaps the only species yet intro- e). cau, 12ft. to 14ft. high, at base, often 
duced, is a —— herbaceous plant, of easy culture rag ore = ies” pinnce, fronds ample, high scaly “ac 
in loam and peat. Young cuttings root freely, in a sandy tripinnate; primary pinne petiolate, Roepe Ray mo ~ & 
soil, in bottom heat. sub-sessile, 2in. to din. long, sin. wide, oblong-acum ne y 
— pinnatifid or again pinnate; lobes linear- oblong, ponte, st 
H. montana (mountain). f. scarlet, terminal and axillary; corolla serrated. sori frequently solitary at base of lol 3 
rotate, rin hn July. yi ——— ovate, serrated. h. 6in. Cape rarely three or four ; receptacle large, prominent.’ South Africa, 
of Good Hope, 1816, Brazil, Java. Greenhouse. 
grandifolia (large-fronded),.* sti. aculeated. fronds ample, 
— ss er pt lft. to 1sft. long, elongate-oblong, 
scumingied, Un to. 2in. bosti Paga yy mf ge —— 
tt x. sori on veins, , ' 
—5— between the costule and the margin. West Indies, 
&c., 1852. Stove. = r 
orrid). sti. strongl, fronds Tit. to 
10ft. long, pinnate ; pinnæ sessile, itt. to 2ft. age hepa eran 
lanceolate, pinnatifid; lobes long, ng- te, 
acuminate. sori on the free veinlets, forming a continued line 
just within the margin. West Indies, &c., Stove. 
H. Karsteniana aoe penile, Gin. cela 
l ; pinnæ sessile, 6in. to 12in. 
—— nang fork in. two blique lines, meeting towards the 
rachis, Venezuela, Stove. 
‘many-flowered). sti. muricated, scaly. fronds 
—— in; ome — lft. to lift long; 
—— Tn. to tia long, Higalate, nine to ten lines broad, cut 
p w wing. sori small, medial. South America, 
setosa (bristly). sti. short, grey, muricated ; basal scales dark 
m i; a -stramineous, naked, smooth. fronds ample, 
tripinnate oblong - lanceolate, 1ft. to 1}ft. long, lower 
tripinished, ‘lowest dimorphous, with pinnated subulate seg- 
ments; pinnules ligula’ ý . to Sin. long, Zin. broad, cu 
to —— below; segments jin. broad, b — faleate, barren, 
broad, fertile, narrower; both sides green, — sori cos- 
tular ; involucre small, depressed, glabrous. Stove. 
H. Smithii (Smith’s).* sti. below densely crinite, with rigid, 
; serrulated scales; rachis and costa below sparsely 
pilose, with lax, rufous, deciduous scales above, strigoso-villous, 
fronds bipinnate ; primary pinnz linear-elongate, acute, sub-fal- 
2 cate, serrated or crenate, very glabrous, the costules beneath pale- 
aceous or gee or glabrous. sori on the forking of the veins; 
involucre hemispherical. New Zealand. Arboreous, unarmed, 
Greenhouse. SYN. Cyathea Smithii. 
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FIG. 218. HEMIONITES PALMATA. 
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