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BlosBDma in the fall, and perfects the fruit 

 the next summer. 5-15 f. 

 IIAMILTO'NIA. 20-5. {Thymelecc.) 



olcife' ra, {oihimt, g y. J. 9.) pubescent; 

 leaves oblong, entire, acuminate ; flowers 

 in terzninal racemes, small. Whole plant 

 oUy. 

 HEDEO'MA. 13—1. {Labiata.) 



piilegioi'des, (pennyroyal, b. J. %.) pu- 

 bescent ; leaves oblong, serrate ; peduncles 

 axillary, whorled. 6-8 i. 



hispi'da, (.lu. 0.) branching, pubescent , 

 leaves linear, acutish at bdth ends, very en- 

 tire, veined, revolute at the margin ; whorls 

 many-flowered ; calyx strigose. 3-6 i. S. 



hrn-ctco'la, pubescent ; stem simple, slen- 

 der ; leaves linear, sub-lanceolate, acute at 

 each end, entire ; pedicels 3-5-flowered ; 

 bracts setaceous. S. 

 HEDE'RA. 5—1. (Caprifolia.) {.From hadus, 



a kid.] 



hc'lix, (English ivy, g-w. S. 1?.) leaves 3- 

 5-lobed ; floral ones ovate ; umbel erect. 

 Evergreen. Ex. 

 IIEDYO'TIS. 4—1. lRuhiacc(B.) 



glomera'ta, (w. g. M. @.) stem procum- 

 bent ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, attenuate 

 at the base, pubescent.; flowers in clusters, 

 forming whorls. 



lanceola'ta, glabrous ; stem erect, 4-sided, 

 angles somewhat v^nnged; leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate, acute ; stipules lanceolate, mem- 

 branaceous ; corynibs trichotomous, termi- 

 nal ; corol funnel-form, with exsert anthers. 

 IIEDYSA'RUM. 16—10. (Leguminoscs.) [From 



edus, sweet, aroma, smell.] 



jmniciila'tum, (p. Ju. 2/.) erect; leaves 

 ternate, lance-linear, smoothish, revolute 

 at the margin ; stipules subulate ; panicle 

 terminal ; loment hispid ; joints somewhat 

 triangular. 2 3 f 



stric"tum, (p. Ju. 24!-) stiffly erect, glab- 

 rous, simple ; leaves ternate, sub-linear, 

 net-veined ; stipules subulate ; racemes ax- 

 illary and terminal ; loments about 2-joint- 

 ed ; joints ternate-trian.ij^ular, hispid. 2 3 f. 



nudijlo' mm, (p. Ju. 2^.) leaves ternate, 

 broad-oval, acuminate, sub-glaucous be- 

 neath; scape panicled, glabrous, radical, 

 taller than the stem ; joints of the loment 

 "ound-triangular. 1-2 f. 



viridijlo'rum,, (g. and p. Au. 1i-) «tem 

 erect, branched, scabrous; leaves ternate, 

 ovate, obtu.se, scabrous above, villo.se, an>i 

 very soft beneath ; panicle terminal, -very 

 long, naked ; joints of the loment triangu- 

 lar. 3 f. 



rotujidif(/lium, (p. Au. 2^.) stem pros- 

 trate, hairy ; leaves ternate ; joints of the 

 loment sub rhomboidal. 2-4 f 



acumina' turn, (p. Ju. 11.) erect, simple, 

 pubescent ; leaves ternate, ovate, conspicu- 

 ously acuminate, a little hairy ; panicle ter- 

 minal, on a very long, naked peduncle ; 

 joint:-* of the loment roundi.^h. 1-2 f. 



canndcii"se, (bush trefoil, r. Ju. 2^.) erect, 

 smoothish; leaves ternate, lance-oblong; 

 fitipules filiform ; flowers racemed ; bracts 

 lance-ovate, acuminate, ciliate ; joints of the 

 loment obtusely triangled, hispid, 3 f. 



borea'le. leaves pinnate, leufeta oblong- 



ovate, hairy ; stipules sheathing, subulate 

 racemes on long peduncles ; loments with 

 smooth, roundi.sh joints. (p.Ju. 24!.) Moun- 

 tains. 



obtu'mm, (p. and g. Au. ')4-) erect, slen- 

 der, sub-pubescent ; leaves ternate, ovate, 

 obtuse, sub-cordate at the base ; stipules 

 subulate ; panicle terminal ; joints of the 

 loment sub-orbiculate, reticulate, hi.spid. 

 1-2 f 



liaea'tuvi, (2^.) stem creeping, striped 

 with green ; leaves ternate, roundish, sub- 

 sessile ; racemes long, w^ith small scattered 

 flowers ; joints of the loment lenticular 

 S. See Desmq'dium. 



IIELE'NIUM. 17—2. {Corymhifera.) [From 

 Helena, wife of Menelau.s, king of Sparta.] 

 autnmna'le, (false sun-flower, y. Au. 2^.) 

 leaves lanceolate, serrate, sub-decurrent ; 

 stem corymbed above ; disk florets 5-cleft ; 

 rays flat, reflexed. Var. /^MZies^'cenSileavea 

 pubescent. 3-5 f 

 HELIAN"THEMUM. See Cis"tus. 

 HE'LlAN"TnUS. 17-3. {CorymbifereB.) 

 [From elios, tlie sun, anthos, flower, on ac- 

 count of its broad yellow disk and rays ; and 

 not, as is often supposed, from its turning 

 with the sun, which is not the fact with 

 respect to this flower.] 

 angustifo'lius, (y. and p. O. 2^.) stem 

 slender, slightly .scabrous ; leaves nan'ow 

 lanceolate, revolute at the margin, sca- 

 brous, entire, glaucous beneath ; scales of 

 the calyx lance-linear, ciUate, expanding; 

 chaff 3-toothed. 3-5 f 



moV'lis, (y. Ju. 2^.) stem smooth below, 

 scabrous above ; leaves lance-ovate, acute, 

 serrate, scabrous above, pubescent and 

 hoary beneath ; flowers few, terminal. 3-6 i. 

 paucijlo'rns, (y.) leaves lance-linear, acu- 

 minate, serrate, smoothish ; stem naked, 

 trichotomous, few-flowered ; calyx close- 

 imbricate ; divisions ovate. 4-5 f S. 



trachclifo'lms, (y. Au. 2^.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, opposite acuminate, serrate, 

 triply-nerved, very scabrous on both sides ; 

 scales of the calyx lance-linear, ciliate ; 

 outer ones longest. 3-4 f 



decapcta'lvs, (y. Sept. 2/.) leaves ovate 

 acuminate, remotely serrate', 3-nerved, sca- 

 brous; scales of the calyx lanceolate, sub- 

 equal, sub-ciiiate ; rays 10 or 12. Flowers 

 in large terminal panicles. 



gigiDif'tcus, (y. Sept. If.) leaves alter- 

 nate, lanceolate, serrate, scabrous, paler 

 beneath, nearly sessile, ciliate at the base; 

 scales of the calyx lanceolate, ciliate ; 

 flowers in a loose, terminal panicle; rays 

 12-14, not large. 5-6 f 



atroru'hcns, hispid, stem naked toward" 

 the summit, loo.sely panicu.ate ; leaves op- 

 posite, spatulate, oblong-ovate, crenate. 3- 

 nerved, scabrous on the upper side ; scales 

 of the calyx ovate-lanceolate, as long as 

 the disk ; i»ays yellow ; disk dark purple. 



corona' rium, French honeysuckle, a na- 

 tive of Italy. 4 f. Flowers scarlet. Ex. 



tuhero'sns, (Jerusalem artichoke, y. S. 

 2^.) leaves 3-Tierved, scabrous; lower onei 

 heart-ovate, upper ones ovate, acuminate; 

 petioles ciliate; root tuberous. Natural 

 ized. 4-8 i. 



