422 THE 
DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Hemitelia—continued. a 
Fie. 445. Portion OF FROND OF HEMITELIA SMITHII. 
H. Walkerze (Mrs. Walker’s).* fronds ample, bi- or tripinnate ; 
pinne 13ft. long; pinnules din. to 4in. long, cleft nearly or 
quite to the midrib; lobes oblong, very blunt, entire or 
slightly notched. sori occupying the lowest forking of the 
veins close to the midrib; involucre large, roundish. Ceylon 
(at 6000ft. elevation). 
HEMIZONIA (from hemi, half, and zone, a girdle; 
in allusion to the half-enclosed ray-achenes). ORD. Com- 
posite. A genus embracing about twenty-five species of 
Californian herbs, nearly all annuals or biennials, usnally 
glandular, viscid, and strongly scentetl, allied to Layia. 
Flower-heads yellow or white, usually small or mediocre. 
Leaves alternate or sometimes opposite. Only one 
species, H. pungens, has been introduced. It is described 
(G. C. 1898, xxiv., p. 298) as a ‘‘ quick-growing shrub, with 
straggling white branches, bright green, spinous leaves, 
and yellow flowers,’ but according to the ‘‘Synoptical 
Flora of North America,” it is “only an annnal or a 
biennial. 
HEN-AND-CHICKENS HOUSELEEK. Sve 
Sempervivum soboliferum. 
HENCEKELIA. 
(which see). 
HENDERSONIA. See Spheropsidee. 
HENFREYA. A synonym of Asystasia (which see), 
Included under Didymocarpus 
HENICOSTEMMA. A synonym of Enicostema 
(which see). 
HENNINGIA. A synonym of Eremurus (which 
see). 
HENRICEA. A synonym of Swertia (which see). 
HEPATICA. Inclnded under Anemone (which see), 
the correct name of H. triloba being A. Hepatica. 
HEPETIS. A synonym of Pitcairnia (which see). 
HEPIALIDZE. ‘See Moths. 
HEPIALUS HUMULI. 
present yolume, and Otter Moth in Vol. Il. 
HEPIALUS LUPULINUS. ‘See Common Swift 
Moth. 
HEPTA. In Greek compound words this signifies 
seven; e.g., Heptamerous (haying seven parts), Hep- 
tandrous (having seven stamens). 
HEPTAPLEURUM. Syn. Sciadophyllwm (of Blume). 
To the species described on p. 136, Vol. II., the following 
should be added : 
H. venulosum erythrostachys (red-spiked).* 7. deep red, 
very tiny, in a branched, terminal panicle. /. very large, long- 
stalked ; leaflets broad. Branches strong, spreading. Tropical 
Asia, 1895. A small, pretty tree. (B. M. 7402.) 
H. vitiense (Fiji). jl. three to seven in an umbel. /. digitate; 
leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed to the petiole, entire, 
with horizontally spreading veins. Fiji, 1887. Syn. Agalma 
vitiensis. 
HERACLEUM. To the species deseribed on p. 137, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
H. eminens (conspicuous). A synonym of H. platytenium. 
H. flavescens (yellowish).* /l. yellowish, not radiating. A less 
vigorous species than either H. pubescens or H. persicum, but 
more ornamental on account of its more abundant and more 
divided foliage. Austria, 1889. Perennial. 
H. lanatum (woolly). #1. white; umbels widely spreading, 6in. 
to 10in. in diameter. jr. nearly sin. long. /. ternately divided, 
very large, glabrous above, tomentose-pubescent beneath ; prin- 
cipal divisions 4in. to 10in. in diameter, unequally lobed, the 
lobes acuminate. Stem sulecate, pubescent, 4ft. to 8ft. high. 
North America, &c. Perennial. In the form vestitum the upper 
part of the stem and the petioles are densely woolly. 
H. Mantegazzianum (Mantegazzi’s).* jl. disposed in an 
immense umbel, attaining 44ft. in diameter, and containing as 
many as 10,000 flowers ; stem strong, erect, coppery-red. J. 3ft. 
long, forming a tuft about 12ft. in diameter. Orient, 1897. 
A gigantic species, 
H. persicum (Persian). 1. white, in large umbels; inflorescence 
shortly papillose-pubescent. jr. 4in. long. J. large, highly 
glabrous aboye, shortly pubescent beneath, pinnate or bipinnate ; 
segments three or four pairs, the lower ones petiolulate, all 
cut into lanceolate, acuminate segments. /. 12ft. Persia, &c., 
1888. Biennial. Allied to H. pubescens. 
H. platyteenium (broad-ribboned). #. white; umbels some- 
times lft. in diameter, many-flowered, softly hairy. June. 
Jr. large, papillose-hairy. 7. very large (often 2ft. long), 
glabrescent above, cobwebby beneath; lower ones me 
segments petiolate, cordate, broadly and very obtusely palmate- 
lobed ; upper ones tripartite. h. 4ft. to 5ft. Western Asia, 1871. 
Biennial. Syn. H. eminens (G. C. 1871, p. 875). 
H. paneseens (downy). fl. white, in many-rayed umbels;- 
im 
orescence scabrid-setulose. Summer, 0. glabrous above, 
pubescent beneath, pinnatisect; segments two or three pairs, 
cleft into elliptic, shortly acuminate lobes, the lower ones shortly 
pedicellate. Taurian Mountains, &c. Biennial. The form 
Wilhelmsii only differs in the fruit. 
H. Wilhelmsii (Wilhelms’). A form of H. pubescens. 
HERB. Specifically, a plant of which the stem dies to 
the ground at the end of the season. Herbs are annnal, 
biennial, or perennial in duration. 
HERBAL. A title given by old writers to books on 
plants, e.g., Parkinson’s and Gerarde’s ‘‘ Herbals.” 
HERBARY. An old name for that part of the garden 
deyoted to the culture of Herbs (which see). 
HERB CHRISTOPHER. See Actza spicata. 
HERBERTIA. Syns. Alofia, Trifurcia. H. cxrulea 
is regarded by J. G. Baker as identical with H. Drum- 
mondiana. 
HERITERIA (of Schrank). A synonym of Tofieldia 
(which see). 
See Ghost Moth, in 
