HEMEROCALLIS 



HEMITELIA 



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9. fulva, Linn. (H. disticha, Donn). Lvs. 18-24 in. 

 long, 9-15 lines wide: corymb O-ri-fld.; fls. orange; 

 pedicels short; inner segms. with wavy margins, with 

 numerous veins joined by cross veins. July, Aug. Eu., 

 Temp. Asia. B.M. 04 (central band of white). Mn. 

 5, p. 193. Var. Kwanso, Hort. (H. Kwdnso, Hort.), the 

 "double orange lily," blooms longer than any single- 

 fld. form. Gt. .500. It has a sub-variety with variegated 

 lvs. Var. maculata, Baroni. Fls. with a red-purple 

 blotch inside. China. Var. longitflba, Hort. Perianth- 

 tube half as long ;xs segms. Gt. 34:11S7. Japan. Var. 

 flore-pleno, Hort., is shown in F.S. 18:1891, with a 

 red spot on the middle of each segm. Gn. 48, p. 401. 

 R.H. 1897, p. 139. Var. variegata, has a stripe of white 

 down the middle of each If. Var. hupehensis, Hort. 

 Fls. very bright coppery red, with yellow throat; 

 segms. undulate, reflcxed. China. Var. Cypriani, Hort. 

 Dwarf er and more floriferous than the type: fls. cop- 

 pery red with golden center and a golden hne in the 

 middle of the segms. China. 



H. Bardni, Hort. (H. Thunbergii X H. citrina). Pale yellow; 

 segms. narrow and pointed. — //. cordna. Hort. (H. flava X H. auran- 

 tiaca var. major). Floriferous, golden yellow. — H. elmcnsis. Hort. 

 (H. minor and H. citrina). — H. Florham is said to be a variety of 

 American origin, with large golden yellow fragrant fls. in June and 

 July. H. Fdrreslii, Diels, recently intro. from W. China, is allied 

 to H. fulva, but readily distinguished by its narrow perianth which 

 has a remarkably short tube: fls. deep reddish orange; lvs. 8-14 in. 

 long and % in. or less broad. — H. fulcilrina, Hort. (H. fulva var. 

 maculata and H. citrina). — H. hippeaslroides, Hort. (H. minor var. 

 crocea and H. Thunbergii.) — H. Muelleri, Hort. (H. Thunbergii 

 and H. citrina). — H. ochroleuca, Hort. fH. Thunbergii and H. cit- 

 rina). Pale primrose-yellow. — H. vomerensis, Hort. (H. Thunbergii 

 and H. minor var. crocea). WiLHELM MiLLER. 



L. H. B.f 

 HEMIANDRA (half anther or male, referring to the 

 1-ceUed anthers). Lahiatse. Three shrubs or sub- 

 shrubs in W. Austral., with opposite, rigid and narrow 

 entire sharp-pointed lvs., and sohtary axillary white or 

 pink fls.: corolla with a short erect broadly 2-lobed 

 upper hp, and a longer spreading 3-lobed lower lip with 

 the middle lobe often 2-lobed; stamens 4, didynamous; 

 style briefly 2-lobed, //. pungens, R. Br., is recorded in 

 European horticultural literatiu-e: rigid shrub, 1-2 ft. 

 or less, glabrous or nearly so: lvs. sessile, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, with 1 or 2 prominent veins beneath: fls. 

 white or pink with darker spots; corolla-tube exserted 

 and dilated. J. F. 2:126. — Mentioned as a greenhouse 

 subshrub. L H. B. 



HEMICYCLIA (Greek, semi-circular, referring 

 to the seed-scar or the half -circular stigma). 

 Euphorbidcese. Shrubs or trees, one cultivated 

 in southern California for its hoUy-hke leaves 

 and red fruits. 



Leaves alternate, simple, entire, leathery: fls. 

 dioecious, in axillary clusters or the pistillate 

 singly; sepals of the staminate fls. 4-5, imbri- 

 cate, sometimes somewhat petal-like, petals 

 none; stamens numerous from a disk; stigma 

 sessile, broad, flat; 2 ovules in the single cell: fr. 

 a 1-seeded, indehiscent drupe. — About 9 species 

 of E. Indies to Austral. Related to Drypetes 

 and Putranjiva. H. australasica is distinguished 

 from the other 2 Australian species by its very 

 short filaments and glabrous ovary. 



australasica, Muell. Arg. Lvs. broadly ovate 

 to ovate-oblong, obtuse, 13^-3 in. long, finely veined 

 below: fr. nearly 3'2in- long, very smooth, red and suc- 

 culent, inclosing a stone. j. b. S. Norton. 



HEMIGRAPHIS (half ivritten, of some obscure or 

 fanciful apphcation). Acanlhacese. DifTu.se or pros- 

 trate, mostly herbs, grown for foliage and fls. The 

 genus, comprising perhaps 30 species in Trop. .\sia, 

 China, Japan and the Philippines, is allied to Strobi- 

 lanthes and more remotely to RueUia. From the 

 former it is distinguished by the S-"" ovules in each 

 cell, linear caps, with base scarcely constricted, and in 



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the prostrate or trailing habit. Fls. in short terminal 

 crowded spikes, the bracts usually herbaceous and 

 imbricated; calyx deeply 5-cut; corolla slender-tubed 

 with 5 rounded more or less unequal lobes; stamens 4, 

 didynamous: lvs. opposite, simple, entire or dentate. 

 H. colorata, Hallier (Ru'elUa colordta, Blume; once 

 listed as Amaglyptus), from Java, is a name listed in 

 S. Fla., as a good subject for baskets and for cover: lvs. 

 of H. colorata are ovate, shallowly cordate at base, 

 crenate and bullate, purplish: fls." white or whitish, 

 about ^iin. long. There is likely to be confusion in the 

 trade plants in this and related groups. L H B 



HEMIONITIS (Greek, mule; the plants erroneously 

 supposed to be sterile). Polypodiacese. A group of 

 small tropical ferns, with copiously netted veins and 

 naked lines of sporangia following the veins. Eight or 

 9 species occur in the tropics of both hemispheres. 

 The plants are dwarf, and are grown in Wardian cases 

 by a few fanciers in the Old World. For cult., see 

 Ferns. 



palmata, Linn. Str.\wberry Fern. Fig. 1807. 

 Lf.-blades borne on tall stalks, palmate, 2-6 in. wide, 

 with 5 nearly equal triangular divisions, those of the 

 sterile lvs. less acute; surfaces pubescent. Reproduces 

 by numerous buds as well as by spores. W. IndieS; 

 Mex., S. Amer. 



elegans, Davenp. Lvs. 4-10 in. wide, with a broad 

 sinus at the base and 5 long slender, lanceolate divisions: 

 plant smooth. Mex. G.F. 4:485. 



L. M. Underwood. 



R. C. BENEDICT.f 



HEMIPHRAGMA (half partition, referring to struc- 

 ture of the capsule). Scrophulariacese. One traihng 

 perennial herb, H. heterophyl- 

 lum. Wall., sometimes grown 

 abroad for rock work and 

 ground-cover, requiring pro- 

 tection in England. It is pros- 

 trate, with wiry branches, pilose 

 or becoming glabrous: lvs. on 

 main st. opposite, petiolate, 

 orbicular and crenate; on 

 branches small and fascicled, 

 linear and ciliate : fls. 

 sessile in the axils, 

 small, pink ; calyx 

 5-parted, with linear 

 segms. ; coroUa-tube 

 short, the limb 5- 

 lobed and nearly 

 equal; stamens 4: fr. 

 a fleshy caps, or 

 berry, shining, red. 

 Himalaj-a region. 

 L. H. B. 



HEMIPTELIA; Zelkova. 



HEMITELIA (Greek, with half 

 a roof: referring to sori). Cya- 

 theacea'. Tree ferns of the tropics, 

 with round or seraiglobose sori 

 and an inferior indusium, con- 

 sisting of a scale which is often 

 indistinct and deciduous. Some 

 20 species occur in both hemi- 

 si)hores. This genus is not very 

 well distinguished from Cyathea 

 and Alsophila, differing only in 

 technical cliaracters of the in- 

 dusium. For cult., see Cyathea 

 and Alsophila; also article on 

 f^^ Tree ferns, under Ferns. 

 1807. Hemionitis palmata. guianensis, Hook. Rachia 

 (.Xli) slightly scaly and hispid: lvs. 



