Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



herb of one or two years' duration. It contains a peculiar alkaloid 

 hyoscyamin. H. albus (Linne) is used in South-Europe as well. 

 Oulmont and Laurent pronounce daturin from various species of 

 Datura as physiologically almost identical with hyoscyamin. 



Hyphaene Argun. Martins. 



Nubia, to 21 north-latitude. Possibly hardy anywhere on low- 

 lands in the warmer temperate zone. 



Hyphaene coriacea, Gaertner. 



Equatorial Eastern Africa ; the dichotomous Palm of the sea- 

 coast-regions. It attains a height of 80 feet. Deserving of cultural 

 trials in cooler latitudes also. 



Hyphaene crinita, Gaertner. (H. Thebaica, Martius,) 



The Gingerbread- Palm or Doum-Palm. Abyssinia, Nubia, Arabia 

 and Egypt, as far as 31 north latitude, and southward to the Zam- 

 besi, Nyassa and Sofala. In Arabia to 28 north latitude [Schwein- 

 furth]; up to the plateau of Abyssinia [Drude]. It is much 

 branched, and attains a height of about 30 feet. The mealy husk 

 of the fruit is edible. Grows away from the sea. 



Hyphaene ventricosa, Kirk. 



Zambesi. Loftier than the other species. Stem turgid towards 

 the middle. Fruit large. Perhaps not absolutely requiring a 

 tropical clime. 



Hypochceris aparg-ioides, Hooker and Arnott. 



Chili. A perennial herb. The root is used for culinary purposes 

 like that of Scorzonera Hispanica. 



Hypochoeris Scorzonerae, F. v. Mueller. (Achyrophorus Scorzonerce, 

 B.C.) 



Chili. Of the same use as H. apargioides. Allied species of 

 probably similar utility exist in Western South-America. 



Hyssopusfofficinalis, Linne. 



South-Europe, South -Western Asia. A perennial herb, discarded 

 and re-introduced in medicine. The essential oil of this herb is 

 also used for some perfumeries. 



Ilex Aquifolium, Linne. 



Tha Holly. Europe, Western Asia. In some cold regions the 

 only evergreen tree not coniferous. Known to have attained an 

 age of more than 150 years, a height of 60 feet and a stem-circum- 

 ference of 8| feet. Important as a hedge-plant. It yields a wood 

 for ornamental turnery, mathematic and other instruments, 



