ii8 BOTANICAL NAMES 



and the only woman so honoured. Bot. name for 



group. 



Hyacinth. Eng. name. 



Hyacinthus (hi-a-sinth-us). G. name of a boy acci- 

 dentally killed by Apollo, and from whose blood the 



flowers were created. First bot. name for the Blue- 

 bell, before, that flower was in the Squill group. 

 Hybridum (hi-brid-um). L. adj., " a cross between two 



plants, an mongrel." A rather common second 



bot. name. 

 Hydrocharis (hi-dro-kar-is). G. "Hydro" (water); 



" charis " (graceful); i.e., graceful water plants. 



Bot. name for Frogbit group. 

 Hydrocharideae. G. "Hydrocharis"; "idaea" (like). 



Bot. name of family. 

 Hydrocotyle (hi-dro-ko-ti-le). "Hydro" (water); 



" kotule " (a cup) ; from the shape of the leaf. Bot. 



name Pennywort group. 

 Hydrolapathum (hi-dro-la-pa-thum). G. "Hydro" 



(water); " lapathum " (sorrel). Second bot. name 



for Water Dock. 

 Hydropiper (hi-dro-pi-per). G. "Hydro" (water); 



" peperi " (pepper). Second bot. name. 

 Hymale (hi-ma-le). L. " Hiems " (the winter time). 



Second bot. name. 

 Hymenophyllum (hi-men-o-fil-lum). G. " Hymen " (a 



membrane); " phyllon " (a leaf). Bot. name 



Filmy Fern group. 

 Hyoscyamus (hi-o-si-a-mus). G. " Hus " (a hog) ; 



" kuamos " (a bean). Bot. name Henbane group. 

 Hyperborea (hi-per-bo-re-a). G. " Uper " (beyond); 



" boreas " (the North wind); i.e., Northern. 

 Hypericum (hi-per-i-kum). G. name for St. John's 



