216 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES HORSE 



Horse Gram, also called Kooltee, names in India for Dolichos 

 Uflorus, a trifoliate -leaved annual of the Bean family (Legu- 

 minosse). It is cultivated for its pods, wliicli are flat, and curved 

 in the form of a sickle, and are used for feeding cattle. 



Horse-radish (CocliUaria Armoracia), a strong-rooted peren- 

 nial of the Cabbage family (Crucifer^e), in general cultivation 

 for its pungent roots, which form a universal condiment with 

 roast beef Although cultivated in private and market gardens 

 in this country, the supply is far short of the demand, and large 

 hogsheads of it are annually imported from Germany. 

 Horse-tails. {See Dutch Eushes.) 

 Hounds' Tree. (See Dogwood.) 



House-leek [SemiJervivum teciorum), a well-known domestic 

 plant of the family Crassulaceae, often seen growing on the 

 roofs of cottages and outhouses. In Ireland it is regarded as a 

 charm, the patch of House-leek on the house being considered a 

 safeguard against fire, and conveying to the poor inhabitants a 

 feeling of great security. In Scotland it is called Fuet, which 

 is a name also given to other similar fleshy-leaved plants, and 

 which seems to agree with the word phut, or phyt, the Greek 

 for a " plant." It is a common remedy for the cure of warts 

 and corns, and is also a rustic remedy for ringworm. 



Humble-plant {Mimosa imdica), a small spiny plant of the 

 Mimosa section of the Bean family (Leguminosse), originally a 

 native of tropical America, but now become indigenous through- 

 out the tropics ; its leaves are subdigitate, consisting of generally 

 3 to 4 pinnae, which are pinnate, the pinnules small, numerous, 

 and the whole highly sensitive, collapsing on being touched or 

 shaken, and on that account cultivated in hothouses as a 

 curiosity. An allied species is Mimosa sensitiva, the sensitive 

 plant, native of Brazil. It is also a spiny plant, but difi'ering 

 in the leaves being conjugate pinnate, each pinna bearing two 

 pairs of ovate leaflets, which are sensitive, but less so than in the 

 preceding species. A specimen of this, cultivated at Kew, formed 

 a spiny bush 2 to 3 feet high, and apparently a cHmber. 



Humiri, the name in Brazil for a fragrant balsam obtained 



