H^EMANTHUS 



i. tall, compressed, mottled : bracts large and thick, 

 i scending and forming a cup, in which the red fls. are 

 Borne: fls. 1 in. long, with linear segments and a short 



ibc. S. Africa. B.M. 1075. L.B.C. 3:240. Var. coarc- 

 ; atus, Baker, has smaller Ivs. and shorter bracts. B.R. 



: 181. -Odd plants. 



; tigrinus, Jacq. Lvs. ciliate on the margins, 1 ft. or 

 BBSS long, spotted on the lower part of the back; scape 

 i in., red-spotted: umbel dense, 2 in. or less in diam.: 

 M.racts shorter than in the last (not over 2 in. long), 



right red: fls. 1 in. or less long, with very short tube. 

 |>. Africa. B.M. 1705. L. H. B. 



1, H2EMARIA (Greek, referring to the blood-red under 

 l.urface of the Ivs.). Orchidacece. A genus of 4 species 

 Ij)f terrestrial orchids, known to the trade chiefly as 



joodyera. They are really dwarf stove foliage plants, 

 Bind are to be cult, like Anoectochilus. In Haemaria the 

 n ower lip is swelled above its base into a wide claw and 



s provided with a pouch-like sac at base, and a blade of 

 } divergent lobes; in Goodyera the blade of the lip is 

 [hmall and not clawed Both genera belong to a large 

 Jl'roup in which the lip either has no spur or sac, or if 

 U;he latter is present, it is included between the sepals; 

 Btfhile in Anoectochilus the lip has a prominent sac or 

 bpur projecting between the lateral sepals. 



The leaves of H. discolor are green above and red be- 

 Iiow. It is, however, not nearly so brilliant as Hcemaria 

 \Dawsoniana, which has the same red color beneath, and 

 I is beautifully netted above with red or yellow. In both 



1 species a dozen or more small fls., chiefly white, are 

 : borne on a densely hairy scape. Alfred Rehder writes 



that these plants seem much easier to cultivate than 

 (Anoectochilus. He has succeeded in growing Ancecto- 

 Ichilus only under hand glasses, but has grown Hsema- 

 iria without a hand glass in large, shallow pans, with 



the rhizomes creeping in sphagnum. 



A. Lvs. not netted-veined above. 



discolor, Lindl. (Goodyera discolor, Ker.). Blade of 

 Ivs. oblong, 3 in. long. % in. wide. China (Brazil, accord- 

 ing to Loddiges). L.B.C. 2:148. B.M. 205. B.R. 4:271. 

 John Saul's plants had white longitudinal markings. 



AA. Lvs. brilliantly netted-veined above. , 

 Dawsoniana, (G. Ddwsonii, Boxall. Anoectochilus 

 Daivsonianus, Low). Blade of Ivs. elliptic, 3 in. long, 

 134 in. wide. Burma, Philippines. B. M. 7486 (veins of 



2 Ivs. blood-red; of the other almost wholly yellow). 

 John Saul says "golden purple" veins. 



H. HASSELBRING. 



HAIRBELL or HAREBELL. Campanula rotundi- 

 folia. 



HAKE A (after Baron von Hake, German friend of 

 botany). Protedcew. A genus of Australian shrubs, 

 slightly cult, indoors abroad and outdoors in S. Calif. 

 The genus is too polymorphous and unimportant to be 

 described at length here. Ninety-five species are fully 

 described in English, with an elaborate key in Flora 

 Australiensis 5:489 (1870). 



A. Length of Ivs. 1-2 inches. 



pugionif6rmis, Cav. Height usually 2-4, rarely 8 ft. : 

 Ivs. all entire, terete, smooth, rigid, 1-2 in. long: fls. 

 few, in axillary, sessile clusters. L.B.C. 4:353. 

 Franceschi says it is an odd plant, which at a dis- 

 tance looks like a pine and has whitish fls. 



HALESIA 



709 



1916. Halesia tetraptera (X%). 



AA. Length of Ivs. 4-S in. 

 B. Nerves many. 



multilineata, Meissn. Tree or tall shrub : Ivs. flat, 

 6-8 in. long, with many very fine nerves: fls. pink, in 



an oblong raceme which is 1-3 in. long. G.C III 19-85 

 -Int. in 1899 by Mrs. T. B. Shepherd, who says that 

 there are 5 or more racemes in a bunch. 



BB. Nerves few, 1-3. 

 C. fls. red, in globular heads. 



laurina, R. Br. Tall shrub, attaining 10 ft. : Ivs 4-6 

 in. long, 3- or 5-nerved, 

 often sickle-shaped, on 

 long petioles : fls. in a 

 globular head, l%-2 in. 

 thick, from which the 

 numerous showy white 

 stigmas project 1 in. or 

 more in every direction. 

 Blooms in the Califor- 

 nian winter. B.M. 7127. 

 G.C. II. 23: 149. -Called 

 SEA URCHIN on the Ri- 

 viera. 



cc. Fls. pink, in long 



racemes. 



ulicina, R. Br. Lvs 

 usually linear-lanceolate 

 or linear, pungent, 4-8 

 in. long, prominently 1- 

 3-nerved beneath: peri- 

 anth and pedicels gla- 

 brous : f r. rat ely above % 

 in. long, with a short, 

 straight beak. The foli- 

 age resembles the Euro- 

 pean furze. w. M. 



HALESIA (Stephen 

 Hale, 1677-1761, author 

 of a famous work on 

 "Vegetable Statics"). 

 S y n. , Mohrodndron. 

 Styracacece. SILVER 

 BELL. SNOWDROP TREE. 

 The common Snowdrop 

 Tree (H. tetrdptera) is a 

 fine, hardy, small-sized 

 tree, which is covered 

 with a bewildering, 

 cloudy mass of small, 

 snowy white flowers, 

 borne about the middle 

 of May, before the foli- 

 age of the tree appears. 

 The genus has only 4 

 species, and is exclu- 

 sively North American, 

 if we place the Japanese 

 H. hispida in the genus 

 Pterostyrax by reason of 

 the subterminal inflorescence and smaller and fleshier 

 fruit. Small trees and shrubs, more or less stellate pu- 

 bescent: Ivs. rather large, membranous, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, more or less denticulate, slender-petioled, 

 deciduous, light green: inflorescence lateral: fls. snow- 

 white, bell-shaped, drooping, on slender pedicels, in 

 fascicles or short racemes along the whole length 

 of the branches, borne in the axils of Ivs. of the 

 preceding year ; calyx obconical, slightly 4-8- 

 toothed, adnate to the 3-4-celled ovary; corolla bell- 

 shaped, epigynous, 4-5 cleft or parted 

 nearly to the base ; stamens 8-16 : ovary 

 2-4-celled, 4 ovules in each cell: fr. a 

 drupe, dry, oblong, longitudinally 2-4- 

 winged, tipped with the style and minute 

 calyx teeth. 



The common Snowdrop Tree, H. tetrap- 

 tera, is found in woods and along streams, 

 but thrives in almost any good soil. 

 Its habit is round-headed, irregular and 

 somewhat pendulous, rather light and twiggy. It is 

 adapted to shrubberies and lawns in almost any position, 

 but prefers a somewhat sheltered place and a well- 

 drained, rich soil. It is easily transplanted. It often 

 grows in bush form, but may be grown as a tree when 

 cut to one shoot and given ample room. The flowers 



1017. Halesia tetraptera, 

 var. Meehani. 



