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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Hypoderris—continued. 
H. Seemannii, a native of Nicaragua, has not yet been 
introduced. For general culture, see Ferns. — 
H. Brownii (Brown’s). fronds simple, sub-cordate, hastate, 
costate, pinnately veined, 10in, to 12in. long. Trinidad. 
HYPOESTES (from hypo, under, and estia, house ; 
referring to the bracts covering the calyx). ORD. Acan- 
thacee. This genus comprises about forty species of 
ornamental stove evergreen shrubs or herbaceous peren- 
nials, natives of Southern and tropical Africa, Madagascar, 
West Indies, China, the Malayan Archipelago, and Aus- 
tralia. Flower-heads often sessile, or shortly pedicellate. 
_ Leaves entire or dentate. The species require similar 
treatment to Justicia (which see). 
H. aristata (awned). /. in axillary clusters, which, being more 
crowded upwards, are there disposed in stout terminal — 
inclosed singly, or in pairs or threes, in an involucre of two 
lanceolate, concave bracts, which terminate in long awns; corolla 
rose-purple ; tube pubsacen’. — into a narrowly campanu- 
late throat ; lips shorter than the tube ; lateral lobes striped, and 
the middle one spotted with purple. February. 1. petioled, 
ovate, acute, membranous, dark green, faintly pubosodnt above, 
and still more so beneath. h. 2ft. to 3ft. South Africa, 1874. 
An erect branched herb, (B. M. 6224.) 
H. involucrata (involucrate). /l. white; racemes axillary, 
erect, shorter than the leaves. ani and August, J, lanceolate, 
toothed. Stem hairy. A. 14ft. India, 1811. Herb. 
H. porpares (purple), fl. purple ; spikes axillary and terminal. 
May and June. fi Li od gas i 
H. 
Branches pubescent. A. 2ft. China, 1822. Herb. 
sanguinolenta (blood-veined).* fl. “gps purple, with a white 
throat, and darker markings of purple on the white; sepals 
narrow, ciliate, shorter than the corolla tube ; corolla resupinate ; 
tube slender, curved, ¿ obl bovate-obl bt: 
: narrowed into a rather broad 
D 
or obovate g; , 
iole, entire, the margin waved 
a little, pubescent on both surfaces ; veins conspicuously marked 
with pale POS bands. Stems pubescent. k. 6in. to 12in. 
Madagascar. Herb. (B. M. 5511.) 
HYPOGZOUS. Growing under the earth. 
 HYPOGYNOUS. Growing from below the base of 
he ovary. 
HYPOLEPIS (from hypo, under, and lepis, a scale ; 
so called from the marginal covering of the inferior 
sporange). Orp. Filices. A genus of about a dozen 
species of stove or temperate ferns. Sori marginal, small, 
sub-globose, uniform, distinct; involucre same shape as 
sorus, and covering it, formed out of the reflexed margin. 
For general culture, see Ferns. > 
H. Bergiana (Berg’s).* sti. tufted, 2ft. long, erect, tomentose. 
Jronds lft. to lft. long, 6in. to ĝin. eed, deltoid, quadri- 
pinnatifid ; pinnæ deltoid; pinnules ovate-deltoid; segments 
cut down to the rachis. sori very small. South Africa, &c., 1874. 
Greenhouse. 
H. californica (Californian). sti. densely tufted, about 6in. long, 
erect. fronds small, densely tufted, about 3in. each way. deltoid, 
quadripinnatitid ; lower pinnæ deltoid ; pinnules of lower 
side much larger than the others. -sori roundish, two to six to a 
~ segment. California. Greenhouse. (H.S. F. ii. 884.) 
H. distans (distant).* sti. 6in. high, slender, flexuose. fronds 
about lft. Jong, 4in. to Sin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, bipinnate ; 
ling, at right angles with the rachis ; pinnules oblong, 
_ eut half-way down. sori small, two to four to a pinnule. New 
- Greenhouse. 
H. repens (creeping). sti. lft. to 2ft. long, strong, erect, more 
or less prickly. fr 3ft. to 4ft. long, quadripinnatifid ; lower 
Pinme, ft. to af tone — to izin, broad, ovate-acuminate ; 
ules lancec ; Segments cut nearly to the rachis. sori two 
to six. to a segment. Tropical America, 1824. Stove. (H. S. F. 
H. tenuifolia (slender-fronded), sti. lft. long, erect. fronds 
4ft. to oft. long, quadripinnatifid; lower pinnæ ovate-acuminate, 
— — — — broad; pinnules lanceolate. sori 
€ SIX ultimate i iz 
Stove. (H.S. F. ii. 89¢, 90A.) vision. Java to Australia, 1824. 
HYPOLYTRUM (from hypo, beneath, and elytron, 
a sheath; in reference to the two or three small scales 
_ included within the larger one). ORD. Cyperacew. A genus 
containing about twenty-five species, widely distributed 
all tropical and sub-tropical regions. Few of the 
S a e Lera —— in cultivation in this 
no only one worthy of mention in this work 
H. latifolium, a handsome, sedge-like, herbaceous 
y 
Hypolytrum—continued. 
stove plant, suitable for table decoration, &c. It prefers 
a sandy loam and peat compost. Shade and moisture 
are essential elements in its culture. Propagated by 
seeds, or by cuttings. 
H. latifolium (broad-leaved).* fl. of a rich brown colour, dis- 
posed in rather dense terminal clusters. l. broad-lanceolate. 
h. 2ft. to 4ft. Ceylon, 1877. (B. M. 6282.) 
— 
HYPOMENOUS. Free; not adherent. 
HYPOPHYLLOUS. Growing on the under side of 
a leaf. > 
HYPOXIDEZ. Now regarded, by Bentham and 
Hooker, as a tribe of Amaryllidee. f 
HYPOXIS (from hypo, beneath somewhat, and oxys, 
sharp; referring to the base of the capsule). ORD. 
Amaryllidee. A genus of greenhouse or nearly hardy 
dwarf-growing herbaceous perennial plants, not bulbous. 
Flowers yellow, star-shaped. Leaves grass-like. Hypoxis 
thrive in sandy loam and peat or leaf mould; and may 
be increased by offsets. Very few are worth growing, 
except for botanical collections. 
fit, 
Fic. 262. SCAPE AND LEAF OF HYPOXIS ERECTA. 
