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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Hibiscus—continued. 
H. surattensis (Surat). /l. yellow, with a dark purple centre, 
about lsin. across, axillary, solitary; bracteoles having a 
spathulate appendage ; peduncles equalling the petioles. July 
to September. /. orbicular, about 16in. in diameter, deeply and 
palmately three- to five-cleft. India, &e., 1731. A weak-stemmed, 
stove, trailing plant, covered with soft hairs and with scattered 
prickles. (B. M. 1556; G. C, 1891, ix., p. 529, f. 105.) 
H. syriacus. In a ldition to the varieties named in Vol. IL., the 
following are worthy of recognition: Comre DE HAINAULT, 
LADY STANLEY, LILACINA PLENA, and PAINTED LADY. 
H. ternatus (ternate), of Cavanilles. A synonym of //. T'rionwin. 
H. venustus (charming).* jl. cream-yellow, about 3in. in 
diameter. 2. orbicular, about 17in. across, lobed. Tahiti (?), 
1891. A handsome, tall, stove shrub, nearly allied to HW amuta- 
Vitis, (1B, M. 7183.) 
HICKORY PINE. See Pinus Balfouriana. 
HICORIAS. A synonym of Carya (which see). 
HIDALGOA (after Hidalgo, a Mexican naturalist). 
Orb. Composite. A small genus (three species) of green- 
house herbs or under-shrubs, natives of Brazil and Costa 
Rica. They are closely allied to Dahlia and Coreopsis, 
but differ from both in habit, in the large fertile achene 
of the ray flowers, and in the sterile disk flowers, the 
styles of which are entire or very shortly two-lobed. 
H. Wercklei, the only species introduced, should be 
treated as a perennial; it climbs by means of the long 
petioles, which twist round objects of support. 
H. Wercklei (Carlo Werckle’s).* jl.-heads solitary, 24in. across ; 
ray florets about ten, bright scarlet above, dirty yellow beneath, 
three-toothed, spreading, oblong; disk yellow; peduncles 
axillary, solitary. July. /. opposite, broadly ovate, pinnately 
ternatisect, lsin. to 24in. long, the teeth tipped with reddish- 
brown. Costa Rica, 1898. (B. M. 7684.) Syn. Childsia Wercklei. 
HIDE-BOUND. Another name for the condition 
known as Bark-bound (which see). 
HIERACIUM. Including Pilosella. To the species 
described on p. 143, Vol. Il., the following should be 
added : 
H. maculatum (spotted). jl.-heads yellow, cymose; florets 
toothed. Summer and autumn. J. ovate-lanceolate, stronely 
toothed, hairy, strongly speckled with black. Stem branched, 
many-leaved. kh. 14ft. 
H. villosum (villous).* 7.-heads yellow, large, with glabrous 
rays. July. /. membranous, silvery-glaucous, almost entire; 
upper cauline ones ovate or oblong, sub-amplexicaul; radical 
ones oblong-sessile. “Stems slightly branched, few-headed, leafy. 
h. lft. Germany, Switzerland, &c. Plant white-villous, rather 
handsome. A good plant for withstanding drought. 
HIEROCHLOE. To the species described on p. 143, 
Vol. 11., the following should be added: 
H. redolens (scented), l., panicle 6in. to 10in. long, nodding; 
branches capillary, slightly hairy, the lower ones 2in. to 3in. 
long. J. flat, quite smooth or slightly scabrid; ligule broad, 
membranous. Culms densely tufted, 2ft. to 3ft. high. Tas- 
mania, &c. (in wet places), 1832. 
HIGGINSIA (of Blume). A synonym of Petunga 
(which see). 
HIG TAPER. See Verbascum Thapsus. 
HILLEBRANDIA (named in hononr of Dr. Hille- 
brand, a botanist at Hawaii, who sent dried specimens 
of the plant to Kew in 1865). Orp. Begoniacer. A 
monotypic genus. The species is a tall, branched, sue- 
culent, stove herb, everywhere sparsely clothed with 
long, reddish hairs. For culture, see Begonia. 
H. sandwicensis (Sandwich Isles). jl. white, tinged rose, or 
more or less rosy, about 4in. in diameter, the females bi- 
bracteolate ; sepals five, ovate, sub-acute, the outer ones rather 
larger; petals five, spathulate, concave, membranous ; stamens 
muny, free; peduncles 6in. to 12in. long, dichotomously branch- 
ing, and bearing bisexual cymes. May. JZ. 4in. to Bin. long 
and broad, obliquely rounded and deeply cordate, with a very 
Narrow sinus, and overlapping basal lobes. kh. 3ft. to 4ft. 
Sandwich Isles, 1886. (B. M. 6953.) . 
HILL GOOSEBERRY. See 
tomentosa. 
HILLIA. To the species described on p. 144, Vol. IL., 
the following should be added: 
H, tetrandra (four-anthered). Jl, corolla tube lin. to lJin. 
long, the four lobes roundish-obovate, one-third or one-quarter 
as long as the tube. June. /. obovate or spathulate-lanceolate, 
cuneate at base, rounded at apex, lsin, to 24in. long. Roots 
bearing small tubers. A. 3ft. to 4ft. Jamaica, 1793. (B. M. 
7355.) ; 
Rhodomyrtus 
HIMANTOGLOSSUM. 
(which see). 
HIMANTOPHYLLUM. Sve Clivia and Imanto- 
phyllum. 
HIMATANTHOS. A synonym of Plumeria (which 
see). 
Included under Orchis 
HIP. A common name for the frnit of a Rose. 
HIPPEASTRUM. Knight's Star. Including 
Habranthus and Phycella. J. G. Baker limits the 
number of species to thirty-eight. Flowers usually 
bright red or whitish; perianth-tube often furnished with 
minute scales or a distinct neck at the throat; stamens 
inserted at the throat of the tube, more or less declinate. 
Leaves linear or lorate. Rootstock a bulb with 
membranous tunics. Many plants formerly classed under 
Amaryllis are now known as Hippeastrams. 
Fic. 446. Hybrid HippEasTRUM. 
So great has been the advance made by florists with 
the lovely hybrids belonging to this genus (Fig. 446) that 
the time-honoured species are now relegated to the back- 
ground. Not only are the flowers themselves more diver- 
sified as to colour, but the foliage is far stronger than 
in the older kinds. Coming, as the flowers do, at a dull 
season of the year, they are much in request as _pot- 
plants for table and other indoor decoration, especially, 
too, as being of excellent substance they last a long time 
in perfection. : 
To the species described on p. 145, Vol. II., the follow- 
ing should be added. They require stove treatment. 
H. advenum (foreign). jf. yellow or red, horizontal or 
ascending, lsin. to 2in. long; segments Jin. broad ; umbel two- 
to six-flowered; peduncle 6in. to 12in. long. December and 
January. 7. linear, lft. long, glaucous-green. Bulb ljin. in 
diameter. Chili. SyNs. Amaryltis advena (B. M. 1125; B. R. 
849), Eustephia Macleanica (Ref. B. 332). 
H. a. pallidum (pale). The correct name of H. miniatum. 
H. ambiguum is a form of HZ. solandrijlorum. 
H. Andreanum (André’s).* jl. pale red, striated with dark 
red, four to six in an umbel; spathe pink ; perianth 4in. long, 
with a short tube; scape lft. to 14ft. long. /. lorate, appearing 
after the flowers. Cordilleras and Colombia, about 1876. Syn, 
Amaryllis Andreana (of gardens), 
H. Arechavaletz (Mme. Arechavalet’s). jj. three in an 
umbel; perianth white, banded with crimson, 4in. long, 2in./ 
broad ; scape 2ft. high. Monte Video, 1898. This is very neay 
A, vittatum, only differing in having the margins of the periants 
segments plain. 
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