Hebetate 



A DICTIONARY 



Hermaphrodite 



HEBETATE, having an obtuse 

 point; blunted. 



HEDERA'CEOUS, pertaining to or 

 resembling ivy. 



HED'ERAL, see Hederaceous. 



HELIC/IfORM, see Helicoid. 



HELICOID, (1) coiled into the 

 form of a helix or snail-shell; 

 spiral; (2) in inflorescence con- 

 trasted with Scorpioid, which 

 see See Helicoid Cyme and 

 Helicoid Dichotomy. 



HEL'lCOID gYME, one in which 

 each successive flower is situ- 

 ated u pou the same side of a 

 pseudaxis, which may or may 

 not be coiled, as the primary- 

 branches of the inflorescence 

 of Hemerocallis fulva ; bostry- 

 choid cyme; bostryx; false ra- 

 ceme. Compare Scokpioid 

 Cyme. 



HEL'lCOID DI€H6T'0MY, a di 

 chotomy in which a branch on 

 the same side in each succes- 

 sive bifurcation continues to 

 develop while the other, does 

 not; bostrychoid dichotomy. 

 Compare Scorpioid Dichot- 

 omy. 



HELIoGY'RATE, having a circu- 

 lar line carried obliquely 

 around an object, as the annu- 

 lus on the spore-case of Tri- 

 chomanes. 



HELt6T'R0Pl§M, having the 

 power of movement under the 

 influence of light. 



Hfil'MfiT, see Galea. 



HEL'MET SHAPED, see Gale- 

 ate. 



HELO'BlOUS, see Paltjstrine. 



HEMI-AnAT ROPOUS, see Am- 



PHITROPOUS. 



HEM'IcARP, one of the ripened 

 separable carpels of a dicar- 

 pellary fruit, as in Umbel- 

 lifeiae; diachaenium. See 

 Mericarp. 



HEM'ICYCLE, half of a coil or 

 circle. 



HEMICYCLIC, having part of 

 the floral organs arranged in 

 whorls and the remainder in 

 a spiral. Compare Cyclic 

 and Acyclic. 



HEMiT'ROPAL, see Amphitro- 

 pous. 



HEMIT'ROPOUS, see Amphitro- 

 pous. 



HEPTAgYNOUS, having seven 

 pistils or stj'les. 



HfiPTAM'EROUS, having seven 

 parts. 



HEPTAN'DROUS, having seven 

 stamens. 



HEPTAPET'ALOUS, having seven 

 petals. 



HERB, a plant of which the stem 

 contains but little wood and 

 dies to the ground at the close 

 of the season. It may be an 

 annual, a biennial, or a peren- 

 nial. 



HERBACEOUS, like an herb; 

 succulent. Also green, as 

 opposed to colored like an 

 ordinary corolla, as a petal 

 with an herbaceous (green) tip. 



HERBACEOUS PflREN'Nf AL, see 

 Perennial Hehb. 



HERB AL, see Herbahium. 



HERBARIUM (pi. Herba'riumf 

 or Herba'ria), a classified col- 

 lection of dried specimens of 

 plants; herbal; hortus-siccus. 



HllRBflS'CENT, herbaceous or 

 somewhat so. 



HERBORizA'TION, see Bota- 

 nizing. 



HERCdG'AMOUS, said of an 

 hermaphrodite flower when 

 some structural obstacle pre- 

 vents self-fertilization, as in 

 many orchids. 



HERMAPHRODITE, see Per- 

 fect. 



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