Heterorhizal 



A DICTIONARY 



Histogeny 



successive elevations on the 

 stem. 



HETERORHI'ZAL, having roots 

 which seem to proceed from 

 no fixed point, as those of acro- 

 gens; said also of spores which 

 germinate indifferently from 

 any portion of the surface. 

 Little used. 



HflTERdS'POROUS, bearing asex- 

 ual ly produced spores of more 

 than one kind, as in the Ure- 

 dineae; having microspores 

 and microspores, as in Sela- 

 ginella. Compare Homo- 

 spokous and Isosporous. 



HET'EROSTYLED, see Hetekog- 

 onous. 



HET'EROtAXY, the deviation of 

 organs from their normal posi- 

 tion. 



HETERdT'ROPAL, see Amphit- 



ROPOUS. 



HETEROT'ROPOUS, see Amphit- 

 ropous. Also applied to any 

 part w r hich is turned in an 

 unusual direction. 



HETER&X'ENOUS, see Heterce- 



CIOUS. 



HEX-, a prefix derived from the 

 Greek, meaning six. See Sex-. 



HEXA&YNOUS, having six pistils 

 or styles. 



HEXAM'EROUS, having the parts 

 in sixes. Applied mainly to 

 the parts of a flower, and 

 meaning six organs in each 

 whorl. Also written 6-merous. 



HExAN'DROUS, having six sta- 

 mens; hexastemonous. 



HEXApflT'ALOUS, having six 

 petals. 



HEXAPHYL LOtS, having six 



leaves or leaflets. 

 HfixASTEM'ONOUS, see Hexan- 



DROUS. 



HIBER'NACLE, see Hibernactj- 



LUM. 



HIBERNAC'ULUM, a protection 

 for a growing part through the 

 winter, as a bud or bulb. 



HIBER'NAL,pertaiumg to winter; 

 blooming or vegetating in win- 

 ter; hiemal; hyemal. 



HIBERNATION, passing the win- 

 ter in a dormant condition. 



HIDDEN-VEINED, having the 

 veins of a leaf buried in the 

 tissue so as not to be easily 

 visible. 



HIDE-BOUND, see Bark-bound. 



HI'EMAL, see Hibernal. 



HI'LAR, pertaining to the hilurn. 



HILE, see Hilum. 



HI'LUM (pi. HI'la, or preferably 

 Hi'lum§), the scar, or point of 

 attachment of a seed. The 

 term is also applied to the 

 nucleus of a starch-grain. 



HIP, the fruit of the rose; a 

 cynanhodium. 



HiPPOCREP'IFORM, horseshoe- 

 shaped. 



HIRSUTE', clothed with rather 

 numerous long coarse hairs, 

 harsher than pubescent and 

 less harsh than hispid. 



HIR'TUS, indefinite in meaning, 

 but nearly the same as Hirsute, 

 which see. 



HIRTEL'LOUS, slightly hirsute; 

 stiffly pubescent. 



HISPID, clothed with erect stiff 

 hairs, as Borage. 



HISPlD'ULOUS, minutely hispid. 



HISTI6L'06y, see Histology. 



HlSTODlAl/YSlS, the separation 

 of the cells of a tissue from 

 each other. 



HfSTOGENET'IC, tissue-forming; 

 pertaining to histogeny. 



HISTOfcEN'IC, see Histoge- 

 netic. 



HtST&G'flNY, the origin or for- 

 mation of tissue. 



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