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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Hcptagynia, 515. 



HtqAdgynous : having seven pistils or 



styles. 

 Heptdineions: the parts in sevens. 

 Ilcptandria, 512. 



Heptdndrous : with scvea stamens, 2S0. 

 Ihptapc'lalous : of seven petals, 27G. 



//<»/-&, 101. 



Herbaceous : not woodv ; of a soft text- 

 ure like an herb, i()l, 102. 



Heibaiimn : the botanist's collection of 

 dried specimens of plants, 518. 



Hermaphrodite: bisexual, 2G1. 



Hespendium: a firm-iindcd berry like 

 an oiangc, 311 



Ifotero-, in Greek dci ivatives : unlike ; as 



lhterocdipons: having two kinds of fruit 



1/ettrucc'p/iulotis : beaiing two kinds of 

 heads ; as in Bacchaiis. 



ITeterodrtiinous, 140. 



Jleterd/amous : bearing two sorts of 

 flowers, 436. 



Heteioyeneons : of two or more kinds. 



lleteiuliopoits, or hetertiti o/ial ', ovule or 

 seed : same as amphitropous, 300. 



IToxa-, in Greek dei ivatives; six. 



Ilexagy'nia, 515. 



Ilexw/i/ nous: having six pistils or 

 styles. 



Hexdmeions : the parts in sixes, 234. 



Hexandria, 512. 



Heidndro'is : with six stamens, 279. 



Hexape'talous : six-pctallcd, 276. 



Ilcxapliu/lous: six-leaved, 275. 



Ilerdpteious : six-winged. 



J ' lexusepalous : with six sepals, 272. 



Jfexaste'inonous: having six stamens. 



Hickory-nut, 476 



Ihdden-venitd : where the veins aic not 

 visible, as those of the leaves of 

 Pinks and Houscleeks. 



Hilar: relating to the hilum. 



JItlum : the scar, or point of attachment 

 of the seed, 297, 321. 



Hippocastanaceaj, or Hippocastancas, 

 410 



JHppocre'pifonn : horseshoe-shaped. 



JJnsitte: clothed with coarse hairs. 



Hispid: beset with stiff biistly hairs. 



IIouiij : grayish-white fiom a fine pu- 

 bescence. 



Honiorarpotis : bearing fruits all of one 

 kind. 



Hanodi onions, or homoth omal , 140. 



Homdqamous: when all the flowcis of a 

 head, &c. are alike, 436. 



Homogeneous : all of the same nature or 

 structure. 



llomo'nyniis : of the same name ; said 

 of parts which are of the same 

 morphological nature ; c g. bracts, 

 sepals, petals, stamens, and sim- 



ple pistils arc homologous with 

 leaves; 225, 231. Sec Analogous. 



Homoloyue : an homologous part. 



Homdmalloiis (leaves, &c ) : originating 

 all round an organ, but directed or 

 curved lound to one side of it. 



ITomomorphous : of one form. 



Homotiopous, or lio»to!ro/>al. (embryo) : 

 curved in the same way as the seed, 

 as in the Chickwccd, tig. 621. 



Hops, 475. 



Horny: sec Corneous. 



Horizontal system, 50, 112. 



Hortus Siccus: same as herbarium. 



Huckleberry, 439 



Hnmifnse : spreading flat on the ground. 



Humus, Ilunvie acid, 57. 



Hyaline : transparent, or partly so. 



Hybrid: a cross-breed between individ- 

 uals of two species, 357. 



Hvdrangica?, 425. 



Hydioeharidacese, 487 



Ilvdiolcaceic, or Hydroleaj, 452. 



IlvdrophvllacciP, 451. 



Hydrophyte .- a water-plant. 



Hvdiopterides, 502. 



Hysmah belonging to winter. 



Hymc'iiium : the gills of Mushrooms, &c, 

 507. 



Hvmcuophylleae, 501 . 



Hi/pdiithiiini : a naked fleshy receptacle, 

 like a tig. 



Hypericaccre, 394. 



Ifypo-, in Gieek derivatives : under. 



Hy/ior/ii/iiaa : the under part of the lip 

 of Orchids, when jointed or other- 

 wise distinguishable. 



Hi/pocKitc'iifbiin, or, more properly, 



Hypoci aterimdi phous : salver-shaped ; 

 i. e with a limb spreading flat at 

 right angles to the tube; 277, (ig. 

 457. 



Ilyjio/dons, or Iiypor/reaa (flowers or 

 fruits) : borne under ground, 76, 

 78, 328. 



IL/jid ppiois : growing under the pistil, 

 and free, 250, 268, 280. 



Hypophyllons: growing on the lower 

 side of a leaf. 



Ilysteranthons : plants who s c leaves ap- 

 pear later than the blossoms, as 

 the Red Maple. 



Hystei nphytnl : living on a matrix, cither 

 of dead or living organic matter. 



Hysterophytts : same as Fungi, &c. 



Tcos-, in Greek compounds : twenty. 



Icosandiia. 512. 



Icosdndrous : having 20 stamens or more 



inserted on the calyx, 280. • 

 Illecebrcffi, 396. 

 Imbibition, 177. 



