212 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES HENNA 



Henna. {See Campliire.) 



Herb Christopher. {See Banebeny.) 



Herb of Grace. {See Eue.) 



Herb of Patience (Bumex Patientia), a strong-growing per- 

 ennial of the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), native of Italy. 

 It is cultivated in this country and used as spinach, as also in 



France. 



Herb of St. Martin, a name very general in tropical 

 America and the West Indies for Sauvagesia erecta, an annual 

 or biennial herb of the Violet family (Violaccce). Its leaves are 

 alternate, lanceolate, mucilaginous, and eaten as spinach. They 

 are considered diuretic, and in Brazil are used in affections of 

 the eye. 



Hercules' Club {Zanthoxylum clava-Herculis), a tall, rough- 

 stemmed tree, with winged leaves, of the Bean Caper family 

 (Zanthoxyllacea3). Its w^ood is yellow, and is a useful timber. 

 In young trees the stems are very prickly, and from them walking- 

 sticks are made and sold under the name of West Indian Briar. 



Hickory Nut {Carya alba), a large tree of the Walnut family 

 (Juglandaceae), native of North America, yielding the white 

 hickory nut, which is eaten in large quantities in the United 

 States, and occasionally imported into this country. 



Hinau, the name in New Zealand for Elmocaiyus Hinau, 

 a tree attaining a height of 40 to 60 feet, and a diameter of 3 

 to 4 feet. It belongs to the Lime Tree family (Tihacese), and 

 produces a hard white timber, but is not much valued on account 

 of being apt to split. The pulp of the fruit is eaten by the 

 natives, and the bark they use as a black dye. 



Hing, a common name in India for Asafoetida (which see). 



Hog-gum {Symjplionia globulifera, better known as Mo7'onohea 

 coccmea), a lofty tree, 80 to 100 feet high, belonging to the Gam- 

 boge family (Guttiferse), native of the West Indies and many 

 parts of tropical America. By incisions it yields a gum of the 

 consistency of Burgundy pitch, obtained in considerable quan- 

 tities. In Jamaica it is known as Hog-gum, on account, it is 

 said, of hogs rubbing themselves against it as it issues from the 



