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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Hypoderris continued. 



H. Seemannii, a native of Nicaragua, has not yet been 

 introduced. For general culture, see Ferns. 



H. Brownil (Brown's), fronds simple, sub-cordate, hastate, 

 costate, pinnately veined, lOin. to 12in. long. Trinidad. SYN. 

 Woodsia Brownii. 



HYFOESTES (from hypo, under, and estia, house; 

 referring to the bracts covering the calyx). OBD. Acan- 

 thacece. A genus of about forty species of stove, evergreen 

 shrubs or perennial herbs, natives of Southern and tropi- 

 cal Africa, Madagascar, West Indies, China, the Malayan 

 Archipelago, and Australia. Flower-heads often sessile, 

 or shortly pedicellate. Leaves entire or dentate. The 

 species require similar culture to Justicia (which see). 



H. aristata (awneil). fl. in axillary clusters, which, being more 

 crowded upwards, are there disposed in stout terminal spikes, 

 inclosed singly, or in pairs or threes, in an involucre of two 

 lanceolate, concave bracts, which terminate in long awns ; corolla 

 rose-purple ; tube pubescent, expanding into a narrowly campanu- 

 late throat ; lips snorter than the tube ; lateral lobes striped, and 

 the middle one spotted with purple. February. I. petioled, 

 ovate, acute, membranous, dark green, faintly pubescent above, 

 and still more so beneath, h. 2ft. to 3ft. South Africa, 1874. 

 An erect branched herb. (B. M. 6224.) 



H. Involucrata (involucrate). /. white; racemes axillary, 

 erect, shorter than the leaves. July and August. I. lanceolate, 

 toothed. Stem hairy, h. lift. India, 1811. Herb. 



H. pnrpurea (purple), fl. purple ; spikes axillary and terminal. 

 May and June. Branches pubescent, h. 2ft. China, 1822. Herb. 



H. sangnlnolenta (blood-veined).* fl. pale purple, with a white 

 throat, and darker markings of purple on the white ; sepals 

 narrow, ciliate, shorter than the corolla tube ; corolla resupinate ; 

 tube slender, curved. I. oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 narrowed into a rather broad petiole, entire, the margin waved 

 a little, pubescent on both surfaces ; veins conspicuously marked 

 with pale purple bands. Stems pubescent. A. 6in. to 12in. 

 Madagascar. Herb. (B. M. 5511.) 



HYPOG-.2EOUS. Growing under the earth. 



HYPOGYNOUS. Growing from below the base of 

 the ovary. 



HYPOLEPIS (from hypo, under, and lepis, a scale ; 

 so called from the marginal covering of the inferior 

 sporange). OBD. Filices. A genus of about a dozen 

 species of stove or temperate ferns. Sori marginal, small, 

 sub-globose, uniform, distinct; involucre same shape as 

 sorus, and covering it, formed out of the reflexed margin. 

 For general culture, see Ferns. 



H. Berglana (Berg's).* iti. tufted, 2ft. long, erect, tomentose. 

 fronds 1ft. to IJft. long, 6in. to 9in. broad, deltoid, quadri- 

 pinnatifid ; pinna? deltoid ; pinnules ovate-deltoid ; segments 



cut down to the rachis. sori very small. South Africa, Ac., 1874. 

 Greenhouse. 



H. californloa (Calif ornian). sti. densely tufted, about 6in. long, 

 erect, fronds small, densely tufted, about 3in. each way, deltoid, 

 quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnae deltoid ; pinnules' of the lower 

 side much larger than the others, sori roundish, two to six to a 

 segment. California. Greenhouse. (H. S. F. ii. 88A.) 



H. distans (distant).* sti. 6in. high, slender, flexuose. fronds 

 about 1ft. long, 4in. to 5in. broad, ovate-lanceolate, bipinnate ; 

 pinnae spreading, at right angles with the rachis ; pinnules oblong, 

 cut half-way down. sori small, two to four to a pinnule. New 

 Xealand, 1861. Greenhouse. 



H. repens (creeping), sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, strong, erect, more 

 or less prickly, fronds 3ft. to 4ft. long, quadripinnatifid ; lower 

 pinnte 1ft. to 2ft. long, 6in. to 12in. broad, ovate-acuminate ; 

 pinnules lanceolate ; segments cut nearly to the rachis. sori two 

 to six to a segment. Tropical America, 1824. Stove. (H. S. F. 



H. tenulfolla (slender-fronded). sti. 1ft. long, erect, fronds 

 4ft. to 5ft. long, quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnre ovate-acuminate, 

 1ft. to lift, long, 6in. to 9in. broad; pinnules lanceolate, sori 

 two to six to an ultimate division. Java to Australia 1824 

 Stove. (H. S. F. ii. 89c, 90A.) 



HYPOLYTRUM (from hypo, beneath, and elytron, 

 a sheath ; in reference to the Two or three small scales 

 included within the larger one). OBD. Cyperacece. A genus 

 containing about twenty-five species, widely distributed 

 over all tropical and sub-tropical regions. Few of the 

 species are, or ever have been, in cultivation in this 

 country; the only one worthy of mention in this work 

 being H. latifolium, a handsome, Bedge-like, herbaceous 



Hyp olytrom continued. 



stove plant, suitable for table decoration, &c. It prefers 

 a sandy loam and peat compost. Shade and moisture 

 are essential elements in its culture. Propagated by 

 seeds, or by cuttings. 



H. latifolium (broad-leaved).* fl. of a rich brown colour, dis- 

 posed in rather dense terminal clusters. I. broad-lanceolate. 

 A. 2ft. to 4ft. Ceylon, 1877. (B. M. 6282.) 



HYPOMENOUS. 



Free; not adherent. 



Growing on the under side of 



HYFOFHYLLOUS. 



a leaf. 



HYPOXIDEJE. Now regarded, by Bentham and 

 Hooker, as a tribe of AmaryllidecB. 



HYPOXIS (from hypo, beneath somewhat, and oxys, 

 sharp; referring to the base of the capsule). OBD. 

 Amaryllidece. A genus of greenhouse or nearly hardy 

 dwarf-growing herbaceous perennial plants, not bulbous. 

 Flowers yellow, star-shaped. Leaves grass-like. Hyposis 

 thrive in sandy loam and peat or leaf mould; and may 

 be increased by offsets. Very few are worth growing, 

 except for botanical collections. 



FIG. 262. SCAPE AND LEAF OF HVPOXIS ERECT; 



