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simple ; flowers radiate ; stem from eighteen inches to three 

 feet high, round, smooth, jointed ; corollas white, radiate, 

 smaller than in the rest. Native of the Swiss Alps, Pro- 

 vence, and Silesia. 



7. Heracleum Lanatum. Petiole of the leaves woolly and 

 very villose ; seeds orbiculate ; flowers white. Found in 

 shady woods on rich moist soil, in Canada and Pennsylvania, 

 flowering in June and July. 



Herb Bennet. See Geum. 



Herb Christopher. See Act<ea. 



Herb Paris. See Paris. 



.Herb Robert. See Geranium. 



Heritiera; a genus of the class Monoecia, order Mona- 

 delphia, or, according to Schreber, order Syngenesia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Male Flowers, smaller than the 

 females. Calix : perianth one-leafed, bell-shaped, five- 

 toothed. Corolla: none. Stamina: filamentum in the centre 

 of the calix, columnar, conic-subulate, below the tip sur- 

 rounded by anthers', from five to ten in number, minute, 

 united into a cylinder. Female Flowers,.in the same plant 

 with the males, larger. Calix : as in the males. Corolla : 

 none. Stamina: filamenta none ; antherse ten, inserted into 

 the receptacle at the base of the germina, two between each, 

 twin, minute, perhaps barren. Pistil: germina five, semi- 

 ovate, compressed, smooth ; styles conical, short, in flowering- 

 time cohering at the tip; stigmas club-shaped. Pericarp: 

 five drupes, juiceless, spreading very much, oval, flattish 

 above, convex underneath, keeled and winged, one-celled. 

 Seeds: solitary, subglobular, large. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Male. Calix : five-toothed. CoroWa:none. Filamenta : co- 

 lumnar. Anthera : from five to ten, below the top. Female. 

 Cafe: five-toothed. Corolla: none. Germina : five, sessile. 



Drupes : five, dry, with one subglobular seed. The .only 



species yet discovered is, 



1. Heritiera Littoralis ; Looking-glass Plant. A tree with 

 alternate, oval-oblong, obtuse, perennial, thick, veined, smooth, 

 quite entire, petioled leaves. Found in Ceylon and Pulo 

 Condore, and generally a native of the East India islands, in 

 a wet sandy soil, flowering from August to November. 



Hermannia ; a genus of the class Monadelphia, order Pent- 

 andria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one- 

 leafed, five-cleft, roundish, inflated ; the little clefts bent in, 

 permanent. Corolla : pentapetalous, spiral against the sun ; 

 claws the length of the calix, with a little membrane on each 

 side converging into a cowled nectareous tube; border spread- 

 ing, broadish, blunt. Stamina: filamenta five, broadish, very 

 slightly coalescing at bottom into one body; antherse upright, 

 acuminate, converging. Pistil : germen roundish, five-sided, 

 five-cornered ; styles five, filiform, approximating, subulate, 

 longer than the stamina ; stigma simple. Pericarp : capsule 

 roundish, five-sided, five-celled, gaping at the top. Seeds: 

 very many, small; according to Gsertner, kidney-form. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Styles : five. Capsule: five-celled. 

 Petals : semitubular at the base, oblique. The plants of this 

 genus are all propagated by planting cuttings of them during 

 any of the summer months, in a bed of fresh earth, observing 

 to water and shade them until they are well rooted, which will 

 be in about six weeks after planting : then take them up with 

 a ball of earth to their roots, and plant them into pots filled 

 with light fresh earth, placing them in a shady situation until 

 they have taken fresh root ; after which they may be exposed 

 to the open air with Myrtles and Geraniums, until the middle 

 or end of October; when they must be removed into the 

 green-house, observing to place them in the coolest part of 

 the house, where they may have as much free air as possible ; 

 tor if they are too much drawn in the house, they will appear 

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faint and sickly, and seldom produce many flowers ; whereas 

 when they are only preserved from the frost, and have a great 

 share of free air, they will appear strong and healthy, and 

 produce large quantities of flowers in April and May, during 

 which season they make a very handsome appearance in the 

 green-house : they must also be frequently watered, and will 

 require to be new-potted at least twice every year, in May 

 and September, without which their roots would be so matted 

 as to retard their growth. These plants, except the ninth 

 and twenty-first species, seldom produce good seeds in Eng- 

 land, which is probably owing to their having been long pro- 

 pagated from cuttings only, for they are generally fruitful 

 when raised from seeds. The species are, 



1. Hermannia Althaeifolia; Marshmallow-leaved Herman- 

 nia. Leaves ovate, crenate, plaited, tomentose; flowering 

 calices bell-shaped, angular ; stipules oblong, leafy. This 

 seldom rises more than two feet and a half high ; the stem is 

 not very woody, and the branches are soft and tender. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



2. Hermannia Plicata ; Plaited-leaved Hermannia. Leaves 

 cordate-ovate, toothletted, plaited, tomentose; flowering 

 calices oblong-ovate, subcylindrical. It flowers in Novem- 

 ber and December. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



3. Hermannia Candicans ; White Hermannia. Leaves 

 ovate, serrated, subcordate, blunt, tomentose; flowering 

 calices patulous, somewhat angular ; stipules subulate. The 

 whole plant is covered with a very white down. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



4. Hermannia Salvifolia. Leaves ovate, entire, wrinkled, 

 tomentose, hispid ; flowers drooping. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; found there by Thunberg. 



5. Hermannia Biserrata. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, un- 

 equal, serrate, smooth ; flowers drooping. Found by Thun- 

 berg at the Cape of Good Hope. 



6. Hermannia Trifurca. Leaves lanceolate, entire, three- 

 toothed; flowers in racemes, pointing one way; petals blue. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



7. Hermannia Alnifolia ; Alder-leaved Hermannia. Leaves 

 wedge-shaped, marked with lines, plaited, crenate-emarginate. 

 It rises with a shrubby stalk six or eight feet high, dividing 

 into many erect irregular branches, covered with a brown 

 bark. The flowers are produced in short spikes on the upper 

 part of the branches ; they are small, and of a pale yellow 

 colour, appearing in April and May, and ripening into seed 

 in August. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



8. Hermannia Odorata ; Sweet-scented Hermannia. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, tomentose, wrinkled underneath, the lower 

 one truncate and toothletted ; calices pitcher-shaped and 

 angular. It flowers most part of the year. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



9. Hermannia Hyssopifolia ; Hyssop-leaved Hermannia. 

 Leaves lanceolate, blunt, serrate. It rises with a shrubby 

 stalk to the height of seven or eight feet, sending out many 

 woody lateral branches, growing very erect. The flowers 

 come out in small bunches from the side of the stalk: they 

 are of a pale straw colour, appear in May and June, and are 

 frequently followed by seeds, which ripen in the latter part 

 of August. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



10. Hermannia Lavendulifolia; Lavender-leaved Herman- 

 nia. Leaves lanceolate, blunt, quite entire. This has shrubby 

 branching stalks, which are very bushy, but seldom rise more 

 than a foot and a half high, and are very slender. The 

 flowers come out singly from the side of the stalk, are small 

 and yellow, and continue most part of the summer. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. 



11. Hermannia Denudata; Smooth Hermannia, Leaves 

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