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Hawthorn — haw — fr. the A. S. haga. an enclosure or hedge * to the 



Teutonic group, perhaps fr. harinn, an enclosure and thorn fr. the Skt. 



trna, a blade of grass, through the A. S. pom, a sharp point * Teutonic 



group. The common name of Crataegus owing to its use for hedges. 

 Hemlock — f r. the A. R. hemlock, a name referring to species of Cicuta. An 



earlier common name was hemlock-spruce. The conunon name of Tsiiga 



cancdensi.s owing to the resemblance of its foliage to the dissected leaves 



of Cicuta. 

 heterophylla — L. (variously formed leaves) fr. the Gr. 'trepoc, different, and 



0f/^/.or, leaf; referring to the leaf-form of Tilia- and Poinilus heterophyUc. 

 Hickory- — fr. hicoria, which see. 

 Hicoria — L. L. fr. the Indian powcohiccora ; referring to the custom of 



securing a milk from the pounded nuts. 

 Hippocastanum — L. (horse-chestnut) fr. the Gr. 'iTnvor, horse, and Kaorarov 



chestnut (see Castanea) ; referring to the size of the fruit of Aesndus 



Hippocastanum. 

 hirta — L. (hairy) ; referring to the woolly branches of ff/n/.s typhina. 

 Holly — fr. the A. S. holen through the M. E. holyn. Perhaps from the 



Teut. kolenno * to the Celtic. The common name of Ilex. 

 Hornbeam — horn — fr. the A. S. horn * to the Aryan group. (See Comus), 



and beam fr. the A. S. beam, a tree, the Teutonic, i. e. the Ger. baum. 



The common name of Ostrya and Carpinu-s owing to the hard wood. 

 Ilex — L. (holly) the L. common name of the holly oak, Quercus Ilex; refer- 

 ring to the resemblance of the leaves to those of this species of oak. 

 imperialis — L. belonging to an empire, f r. imperium. an empire. The specific 



name C'f Paulownia imperiali-'i (tomcutnsa.) 

 inops — L. (destitute) fr. in-, without, and the Gr.'6i/'c/, appearance ; referring 



to the tendency of Finns rirginiana to thrive on poor soils. (?) 

 Judas tree — Judas fr. the Heb. Judas since Judas is said to have hanged 



himself from a limb of Ceris siliqua^trum, and tree (see coffee-tree). 



The common ?iame of Cercis. 

 Juglans — L. (walnut or the nut of Jupiter), the old L. common name fr. 



Jupiter, and gJans. nut. 

 .hiniper — fr. the L. Junipcrus, which see. The common name of Juniperits. 

 Jiiniperus — L. (Juniper), of doubtful origin. 

 Kalmia — L. L. for the surname Kalm. and referring to Peter Kalm, a 



student of Linnaeus, who ^"^sit.ed America, 

 laciniosa — • L. (full of plates) fr. the Gr. /gki^, the flap of a garment, and 



-nsus. full of; referring to the shaggy bark of Carya laciniosa. 

 Larch — fr. the Skt. darn, a tre^, through the L. Larix. Avliich see. The 



common name of Larix. 

 laricina — L. (pertaining to the larch) fr. Larix, the larch. 

 Larix — The L. common name for the larch, fr. the Skt. darn through the 



Gr. ?dpiS. The common name, "larch" comes directly from this word, 

 latif olia - — ^ L. (broad leaf) fr. latu-s, broad, and folium, leaf; referring to the 



broad leaves of Kalmia latifolia. 

 Laurel — fr. the L. Laurus, a laurel-tree, through the Fr. laurier and the 



i\I. E. laurer. The common name of Kalmia and Shododendron owing 



to their similarity to Lauru-s. 

 laurifolia — L. (laurel leaf) fr. Laurus, laurel, and foli'um, leaf; referring 



to the shining leaves of Salix pentandra and Quercus phellos. 

 lenta — ^ L. (limber, tough, or supple); referring to the character of the 



branches of Betula lenta. (?) Perhaps * the I. G. lent, see Linden. 

 Lentago — L. |)erhaps from the European Lentanxi, fr. the L. lentus, limber, 



and ?o referring to the supple branches of Virhurnum Lentago. (?) 

 Lime — see Linden. 

 Linden — -Linden (see aspen), lind, line, or lime tree all of which are fr. the 



I. G. lent through the A. S. lind and Teut. lenda * the Aryan group i. e. 



the Gr. f/dr?/, a fir tree. The common name of Tilia. 

 Liquidambar — L. (liquid-amber) fr. liquere, to be liquid, and the Arab. 



anibnr. an allusion to juices exuding from this tree. 

 Liriodendron — L. (lily-tree) fr. the Gr. ?.f/p(oi', lily, and <5fi'(5poj', tree ; refer- 

 ring to the showy flowers of the genus Liriodendron. 



