ii2 BOTANICAL XAMES 



breathing"). Is by some used as first bot. name 



for Lesser Hawkbit. 

 Helenium (hel-en-i-um). After Helen of Troy the 



flowers are said to have sprung from her tears. 



Second bot. name Elecampane. 

 Heliocharis (hel-i-o-karis). See Eleocharis. 

 Helianthemum (hel-i-an-the-mum). G. " Heilios " 



(the sun); " anthos " (flower). Bot. name for 



Rochrose group. 

 Helioscopia (hel-i-o-skop-ia). G. " Heilios " (the 



sun); " scopo " (watcher); because the flower 



keeps turning to the sun. Second bot. name. 

 Helix (he-liks). L. word meaning " wound round or 



twisted." But also used as a name for Ivy. 



Second bot. name for Common Ivy. 

 Hellebore (hel-le-bor). Eng. name for Helleborus. 

 Helleborine (hel-le-bor-in). Eng. name for Cephalan- 



thera group, Orchid family. See Helleborus. 

 Helleborus (her-le-bor-us). G. " Elein " (to take 



away) ; " bora " (food) ; because the root produces 



vomiting. Bot. name for Hellebore group. 

 Helminth (hel-minth). Eng. name for Helminthia 



group. 

 Helminthia (hel-min-thia). G. " Helminthion " a small 



worm) ; from the shape of the fruit. Bot. name 



for Helminth group. 

 Helosciadium (hel-o-ski-ad-i-um). G. " Helos " (a 



marsh) ; " sciadon " (an umbrella). Was the name 



of a group now merged into that of Apium. 

 Hemistemon (hemi-stemon). G. " Hemi " (half); 



" stemon " (upright). Second bot. name. 

 Hemlock. A.S. " Hoem " (a straw or haulm); 



" leac " (a plant); from the many hollow stalks 



