H^MANTHUS 



in. tall, compressed, mottled : bracts large and thick, 

 ascending and forming a cup, in whieli the red fls. are 

 borne: fls. 1 in. long, with linear segments and a short 

 tube. S.Africa. B.M. 1075. L. B.C. 3:240. Var. coarc- 

 t^tus, Baker, has smaller Ivs. and shorter bracts. B.R. 

 3: 181. -Odd plants. 



tigrlnus, Jacq. Lvs. ciliate on the margins, 1 ft. or 

 less long, spotted on the lower part of the back; scape 

 6 in., red-spotted: umbel dense, 2 in. or less in diam.: 

 bracts shorter than in the last (not over 2 in. long), 

 bright red: fls. 1 in. or less long, with very short tube. 

 S. Africa. B.M. 1705. L. H. B. 



HSIMABIA (Greek, referring to the blood-red under 

 surface of the Its.). OrcliidAceie . A genus of 4 species 

 of terrestrial orchids, known to the trade chiefly as 

 Goodyera. They are really dwarf stove foliage plants, 

 and are to be cult, like Ancectochilus. In HsBmaria the 

 lower lip is swelled above its base into a wide claw and 

 is provided with a jiouch-like sac at base, and a blade of 

 2 divergent lobes; in Goodyera the blade of the lip is 

 small and not clawed Both genera belong to a large 

 group in which the lip either has no spur or sac, or if 

 the latter is present, it is included between the sepals; 

 while in Ancectochilus the lip has a prominent sac or 

 spur projecting between the lateral sepals. 



The leaves of M. discolor are green above and red be- 

 low. It is, however, not nearly so brilliant as Etvmaria 

 Vaivso7iiana, which has the same red color beneath, and 

 is beautifully netted above with red or yellow. In both 

 species a dozen or more small fls., chiefly white, are 

 borne on a densely hairy scape, Alfred Rehder writes 

 that these plants .seem much easier to cultivate than 

 Ancectochilus. He has succeeded in growing Ancecto- 

 chilus only under hand glasses, but has grown Hjema- 

 ria without a hand glass in large, shallow pans, with 

 the rhizomes creeping in sphagnum. 



A. JJvs, not netted-veined above. 



discolor, Lindl. (Goodiiera discolor, Ker. ). Blade of 

 lvs. oblong, 3 in. long. ^4 in. wide. China (Brazil, accord- 

 ing to Loddiges). L.B.C. 2:148. B.M. 205. B.R. 4:271. 

 —John Saul's plants had white longitudinal markings. 

 AA. Zivs. brilliantly netted-veined above. 



Dawsoniina, (G. Ddwsonii, Boxall. Ancectochilus 

 Dawsoiiitoius, Low). Blade of lvs. elliptic, 3 in. long, 

 IJiin. wide. Burma, Philippines. B. M. 748G (veins of 

 2 lvs. blood-red; of the other almost wholly yellow).— 

 John Saul says ''golden purple" veins. 



H. Hasselbeing. 



HAIRBELL or HAREBELL. Campamila rotundi- 

 folia. 



HAEEA (after Baron von Hake, German friend of 

 botany). Protedcete. A genus of Australian shrubs, 

 slightly cult, indoors abroad and outdoors in S. Calif. 

 The genus is too polymorphous and unimportant to be 

 described at length here. Niuety-flve species are fully 

 described in English, with an elaborate key in Flora 

 Australiensis 5:489 (1870). 



A. Length of lvs. 1-2 inches. 



pugionii6rmis, Cav. Height usually 2-i, rarely 8 ft. : 

 lvs. all entire, terete, smooth, rigid, 1-2 in. long: fis. 

 few, in axillary, sessile clusters. L.B.C. 4:353.- 

 Franceschi says it is an odd plant, which at a dis 

 tance looks like a pine and has whitish fls. 



HALESIA 



709 



an oblong raceme which is 1-3 in. long. G.C. III. 19:85. 

 -Int. in 1899 by Mrs. T. B. Shepherd, who says that 

 there are 5 or more racemes in a bunch. 

 BB. Nerves few, IS. 

 C. Fls. red, in globular heads. 

 laurlna, E. Br. Tall shrub, attaining 10 ft.: lvs. 4-6 

 in. long, 3- or 5-nerved, 

 often sickle-shaped, on 

 long petioles : fls. in a 

 globular head, 1J4-2 in. 

 thick, from which the 

 numerous showy white 

 stigmas project 1 in. or 

 more in every direction. 

 Blooms in the Califor- 

 nian winter. B.M. 7127. 

 G.C. II. 23:149.-Called 

 Sea Urchin on the Ri- 

 viera. 



cc. Fls. pink, 



long 



1016. Halesia tetraptera [XVa). 



AA. Length of lvs. 4-8 in. 



B. Nerves many, 



multiline&ta, Meissn. Tree or tall shrub : lvs. flat, 



6-8 in. long, with many very fine nerves: fls. pink, in 



ulicina, R. Br. Lvs 



usually linear-lanceolate 

 or linear, pungent, 4-8 

 in. long, prominently 1- 

 3-nerved beneath: peri- 

 anth and pedicels gla- 

 brous : fr. rarely above }4 

 in. long, with a short, 

 straight beak. — The foli- 

 age resembles the Euro- 

 pean furze. -^ jj, 



HALfiSIA (Stephen 

 Hale, 1077-1761, author 

 of a famous work on 

 "Vegetable Statics"). 

 Syn., Mohrodindron. 

 Styracdcece. Silver 

 Bell. Snowdrop Tree. 

 The common Snowdrop 

 Tree (L[. tetraptera) is a 

 fine, hardy, small-sized 

 tree, which is covered 

 with a bewildering, 

 cloudy mass of small, 

 snowy white flowers, 

 borne about the middle 

 of May, before the foli- 

 age of the tree appears. 

 The genus has only 4 

 species, and is exclu- 

 sively North American, 

 if we place the Japanese 

 H. hispida in the genus 

 Pterostyrax by reason of 

 the subterminal inflorescence and smaller and fleshier 

 fruit. Small trees and shrubs, more or less stellate pu- 

 bescent: lvs. rather large, membranous, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, more or less denticulate, slender-petioled, 

 deciduous, light gi'een: inflorescence lateral: fls. snow- 

 white, bell-shaped, drooping, on slender pedicels, in 

 fascicles or short racemes along the whole length 

 of the branches, borne in the axils of lvs. of the 

 preceding year ; calyx obconical, slightly 4-8- 

 toothed, aduate to the3— 4-celled ovary; corolla bell- 

 shaped, epigynous, 4-5 cleft or parted 

 nearly to the base; stamens 8-16 : ovary 

 2-4-celled, 4 ovules in each cell: fr. a 

 drupe, dry, oblong, longitudinally 2-4- 

 wiuged, tipped with the style and minute 

 calyx teeth. 



"The common Snowdrop Tree, IT. tetrap- 

 tera, is found in woods and along streams, 

 but thrives in almost any good soil. 

 Its habit is round-headed, irregular and 

 somewhat pendulous, rather light and twiggy. It is 

 adapted to shrubberies and lawns in almost any position, 

 but prefers a somewhat sheltered place and a well- 

 drained, rich soil. It is easily transplanted. It often 

 grows in bush form, but may be grown as a tree when 

 cut to one shoot and given ample room. The flowers 



