214 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES HOLY 



attacked by a mildew fungus called Puccinia malvaceariim, which 

 blackens the leaves, and the plants die, causing great pecuniary 

 loss to nurserymen. No cure has yet been found for this pest. 



Holy Grass {HierocMoa horealis), a strong perennial grass, 

 native of many parts of Northern Europe, and in consequence 

 of its being found in Caithness-shire is recorded as a native of 

 Britain. It is a sweet-smelling grass ; and in Germany is strewed 

 before the doors of churches on festivals, and is therefore called 

 Holy Grass. 



Hominy Meal. {See Maize.) 



Honey-berry of Europe. {See Nettle Tree.) 



Honey-berry of Guiana [Melicocca hijiiga), a tree of the 

 Soapberry family (Sapindaceae), native of Guiana, where it 

 forms large forests. It is also a native of New Grenada, and 

 has become common in most of the West Indian Islands. In 

 Jamaica it is called Genip tree, and attains a height of 40 to 

 60 feet, and a circumference of 4 to 5 feet. It produces numerous 

 egg-shaped fruits about an inch to an inch and a half in length, 

 the pulp having an agreeable vinous somewhat aromatic flavour. 



Honey-flower {Melianthus major), a soft-wooded shrub be- 

 longing to the natural order Sapindacese, with large, unequal, 

 winged glaucous leaves, having a strong odour of pea-meal. 

 The flowers are of a dark-brown colour, produced on terminal 

 racemes a foot or more in length, containing a large quantity of 

 sweet glutinous fluid-like honey, which is collected by the 

 natives of Cape Colony, where the plant is native. 



Honey -flowers. — In general the flowers of plants contain 

 honey in greater or less quantity, some in such abundance that 

 it can be collected, and this is particularly the case with Protea 

 mellifera, a pretty flowering shrub of the Protea family (Pro- 

 teacese), native of the Cape of Good Hope ; its flowers are formed 

 in a large involucre, which contains a sweet watery liquor, and 

 is collected and considered of great use in coughs and pulmonary 

 affections. 



Honeysuckle, Australian, a name given in Australia to 

 Banksia austmlis and other species, smaU trees of the Protea 



