no BOTANICAL XAMES 



Haloscias (hal-os-ki-as). G. " Alos " (the sea). Is a 

 synonym for Ligusticum group. 



Hamulata (ha-mul-a-ta). L. adj., " little hooked." A 

 second hot. name. 



Hardheads. Common name for Knapweed ; plants ot 

 Centaurea group. 



Hare Bell. Eng. name for one of Campanula group. 

 It is the true Blue-bell of Scotland. Sometimes 

 spelt Hairbell, which seems to be more correct. 



Hare's Ear. Eng. name for two plants belonging to 

 different families. One belongs to Erysium group, 

 the other to the Buplever group. 



Hare's Foot. A literal translation of second bot. name 

 Lagopina. G. " Lago " (a hare); " pous " (a 

 foot). 



Hare's Tail. A translation of bot. name for group 

 Lagurus. G. "Lago" (a hare); " urus " (a 

 tail). 



Hart's Tongue. Eng. name for one of Scolopendrium 

 group ; from the shape of the frond. 



Hartwort. Eng. name for Tordylium group. 



Hautboy (ho-boy). Eng. name for a variety of Straw- 

 berry ; Hautboy, the name for a musical instru- 

 ment, is derived from French " haut " (high), 

 " bois " (wood). 



Hawkbit. Eng. name for Leontodon group. 



Hawk's Beard. Eng. name given by some to plants 

 of Crepis group. 



Hawkweed. Eng. name for Hieracium group. So 

 named, according to herbalists of old, because the 

 old hawks were in the habit of using the juice of 

 these plants to strengthen the sight of their young. 

 A more likely derivation is, I think, the following : 



