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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Hemanthus—continued. 
H. abyssinicus is identical with //. multiflorus. 
H. albifios is the correct name of H. virescens albijlos, and the 
plant described. as H. virescens is H. a. pubescens. 
* H. Allisoni (Allison’s). jl. pure white, in very large umbels. 
Transvaal, 1894. This species has the habit of H. coccineus. 
Syn. H. candidus: 
H. Baurii (Rev. R. Baur’s).* jl. white, a little shorter than the 
bracts; bracts white, ciliated, broadly obovate; umbel dense, 
2in. in diameter, sub-sessile between the leaves. November. 
i. two, sub-orbicular, dark green, Sin. to 6in. long and broad, 
reading on the ground. Bulb 3in. to 4in. in diameter. 
serene) 1886, A handsome, dwarf, greenhouse species. (B. M. 
6875.) 
H. candidus (white). A synonym of H. Allisoni. 
H. carneus (flesh-coloured). jl. in a dense, globose umbel 2in, 
to 3in. in diameter; perianth pink, rarely white, 4in. long; 
Fane 6in. to 12in. long, mottled with purple. June to August. 
. two, developed after the flowers, obtuse, 4in. to 6in. long, softly 
hairy. Bulb 2in. to Zin. in diameter. Cape Colony, 1819. (B. M 
3373; B. R. 509.) 
H. Clarkei (Clarke's). A garden hybrid between //, albijlos and 
H. coccineus. 
H. coccineus (scarlet).* /l. in a dense, globose umbel 2in, to din. 
in diameter; perianth bright red, lin. long ; peduncle 6in. to Sin. 
long, minutely spotted with reddish-brown. September. J. two, 
fully developed in winter, lingulate, sub-erect, 14ft. to 2ft. long, 
6in. to 8in. broad. Cape Colony, 1731. (B. M. 1075 ; L. B. C. 240.) 
H. insignis is a variety of H. magnijicus. 
H. Kalbreyeri is identical with 1. multijlorus. 
H. Lindeni (Linden’s). #1. rosy-searlet, about 2in. in diameter, 
about a hundred disposed in a very large head; scape 14ft. high. 
l. large, clear green. Congo, 1890. This species is closely 
related to H. cinnabarinus. (G. C. 1890, viii., p. 436, f. 85; TI. H. 
xxxvii., p. 89, t. 112.) 
H. magnificus (magnificent).* ., perianth bright scarlet, lin. 
long; umbel globose, very dense, sometimes bin. to 6in. in 
diameter; peduncle above lft. long. July. 2, produced ones 
six to eight, oblong, bright green, undulated. Stem lft. to 2ft. 
high, spotted with reddish-brown. Natal, 1838. Syn. H. Rowpevi 
(EF. M. 1875, t. 148). : 
H. m. insignis (remarkable). The correct name of JI, insignis. 
H. m. superbus (superb).* J. five or six, narrower than in the 
type, contemporary with the flowers in spring. 
H, multiflorus superbus (uperb).* A brilliant-coloured and 
improved form of the type. 1898. 
H. Nelsoni (Nelson’s).* jl. red, crowded in a globose head 3in. 
across; scape lft. long, hairy. J. sessile, oblong, lft. long, 4in. 
broad, downy above, glabrous beneath. Bulb red, oblong, com- 
pressed. Transvaal, 1898, 
H. rotundifolius (round-leaved). jl. in a dense, compressed 
umbel I4in. to 2in. in diameter; perianth pale red, lin. long; 
peduncle bright red, 6in. long. May. J. two, spreading, sub- 
orbicular, Sin. to 6in. long and broad. Bulb din. to 4in. in 
diameter. Cape Colony, 1790. (B. M. 1618.) 
H. Rouperi (Rouper’s). A synonym of H. magnijficus. 
H. tenuiflorus (slender-flowered). A synonym of H. multiflorus. 
H, toxicarius (poisonous). A synonym of Buphane disticha. 
H. Arnottii and H. Cooperi have also been introduced. 
HEMARIA. Sepals equal, free, the dorsal one erect, 
conniyent or coherent with the petals in a hood, the lateral 
ones spreading ; lip affixed to the base of the short column. 
To the species described on p. 108, Vol. II., the following 
should be added : 
H. argyroneura (silvery-nerved). A synonym of Dossinia mar- 
morata. 
H. Dawsoniana (Dawson's). The correct name of the plant 
described on p. 81, Vol. I., as Anectochilus Dawsonianus. 
(F.d.S., t. 1830. 
H. discolor Ordiana (Ord’s). This closely resembles H. Daw- 
soniana, but the leaves are of a vivid green, with golden veins. 
Malaya. SYN. Goodyera Ordiana. 
H. Otletz (Mme. Otlet’s).* /. white, with a yellow-tinted, one- 
sided lip, disposed in a lax spike. J/. dark olive-green, with 
coppery veins, lanceolate, acute. A. 6in. to 10in. Tonkin, 1891. 
A beautiful plant. (I. H. xxxviii., t. 124.) 
seam manna A synonym of Galeola (which 
see). 
SOC HAE: A synonym of Laplacea (which 
see). 
HZENKEEA (of Ruiz and Pavon). See Maytenus and 
Schepfia. 
HZNSELERA. A synonym of Physospermum 
(which see), 
HAGEA, or HAGZA. A synonym of Polycarpea 
(which see). ‘ 
HAG TAPER. Sce Verbascum Thapsus. 
HAIR ORCHID. See Trichosma suavis. 
HAKEA. To the species described on p. 109, Vol. II., 
the following should be added: 
H. gibbosa (swollen). /l. white, small, in sessile, axillary 
clusters; pedicels short, densely villous. May. jr. about lin. 
in diameter, with a short beak. J/. terete, entire, smooth, rigid, 
sharp-pointed, lin. to 3in. long. 4h. several feet. 1790. SYN. 
H, pubescens. 
H. laurina (Laurel-like).* jl. rosy-lilac, in dense, globular, sessile, 
axillary clusters; pedicels about din. long. Summer. J. narrowly 
elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, long-petiolate, 4in. to 6in, 
long, and (as well as the branches) hoary-tomentose or glabrous. 
h. 10ft. to 30ft. 1830, A handsome shrub. (B. M. 7127; 
G. C. n. s., xxv., p. 149.) 
H. pubescens (downy). A synonym of H. gibbosa. 
H. scoparia (Broom-like). A form of H. sulcata. 
HALESIA. To the species described on pp. 109-10, 
Vol. IL., the following variety should be added : 
H. tetraptera Meehani (Meehan’s). A seedling variety. 
differing from the type in anes smaller and shorter-stalked 
L 
flowers, and thicker, pale: distinctly rugose leaves. 1892. 
(G. & F. 1892, v., p. 534, f. 91.) 
HALF-HARDY PLANTS. A term applied to such 
subjects as require protection during winter. They are to 
be found in all sections—annual, biennial, and perennial. 
HALIA VAUARIA. See V-Moth. 
HALIMODENDRON. [To the species described on 
p. 110, Vol. IL., the following variety should be added: 
H. argenteum flore-purpureum Crosplesawery This 
vee, differs from the type in having deep rosy-purple flowers. 
HALODENDRON (of Thouars). 
Avicennia (which see). 
HALOXYLON (from hats, salt, and xylon, wood; in 
allusion to the salt deserts in which some of the plants 
are found). Orp. Chenopodiacew. A genus embracing 
eight or ten species of greenhouse or hardy shrubs or small 
trees, natives of Europe, North Africa, Western and Central 
Asia, and India, and only distingnished from Salsola by 
their articulated branches and monadelphons filaments. 
H. Ammodendron, the only species introduced, is a hardy 
shrub, found in sandy deserts, and should be treated 
accordingly. 
H. Ammodendron (Ammodendron). 7. yellow, small, produced 
in abundance, loosely spicate. Stems leafless, woody, pale 
reenish. Trunk (in its native places, Turkestan, &c.) thick. 
Syn. Anabasis Ammodendron. 
HAMAMELIS. The Chinese and Japanese species of 
Hamamelis may be readily increased by grafting in Februar 
on stocks of the North American H. virginica, whic 
should be about the thickness of a lead-pencil, and 
established in pots before grafting takes place. The 
scions should be abont 3in. or 4in. long, and taken from 
firm, well-ripened shoots. After they have been properly 
secured to the stocks, place them in a close case with a 
temperature of 55deg. to 60deg., and if slightly syringed 
overhead occasionally a union will be accelerated. When 
a few inches of growth have been completed, take them 
out of the cases, stand upon the side stages of the house, 
and keep close to the glass to prevent spindly growth. 
Each plant should be tied to a small stake, and later on 
planted out in the open ground. The species alluded to 
above should always be planted in a sunny position, and 
the soil most favourable to good growth is a well-drained 
loam, enriched with leaf-mould and a little peat, and on no 
account should they be planted in soil retentive of moisture. 
As the flowers are borne on the leafless branches in the 
early year, a background of suitable evergreens should be 
provided, in order to set off the flowers to the best possible 
advantage. 
To the species described on pp. 110-11, Vol. II., the 
following should be added : 
H. arborea is a form of H. japonica, which is a good species. 
H. mollis (soft). /. light yellow, resembling those of H. arborea. 
lv, 4in. to Sin. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, densely clothed beneath 
with a felt-like mass of stellate hairs (thus differing from all 
caer cultivated species of this genus). A. 9ft. to 30ft. China, 
A synonym of 
H. virginiana is the correct name of H. virginica. 
H, Zuccariniana (Zuccarini’s). A form of H. japonica. 
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