Hilofera 



homocarpous 



hilum on the surface ; Hilofera, the 

 second or internal integument of a 

 seed ; Hi'lum (1) the scar left on a 

 seed where formerly attached to the 

 funicle or placenta ; (2) the central 

 point in a starch granule which 

 the ring-like markings seem to sur- 

 round ; (3) I any point of attach- 

 ment ; (4) % an aperture in pollen 

 grains. 



Hinge, (1) the isthmus of Diatoms; 

 (2) in stomata, delicate lamellae of 

 cellulose, upon which the mobility 

 of the guard-cells usually depends ; 

 they may form an inner or outer 

 hinge; in German, " Hautgelenk." 



hin'nuleus (Lat., a young stag), a 

 tawny cinnamon colour. 



hino'ideus (h prefixed, tVoei5i}s, fibrous), 

 used when veins proceed from the 

 midrib and are parallel and un- 

 divided ; vemilo'so- ~ , the same, 

 if connected by cross-veins. 



Hip, the fruit of the rose ; technically 

 a cynarrhodium. 



hippocre'piform, hippocrepiform'is 

 (I'TTITOS, a horse, Kprjiris, shoe, forma, 

 shape), horse-shoe shaped. 



hirci'nus (Lat., pertaining to a goat), 

 smelling like a goat ; hirco'sus 

 means the same. 



hir'sute, hirsu'tusCL&b., rough, hairy), 

 hairy, with long, tolerably distinct 

 hairs ; Hirsu'ties, the hairiness just 

 described ; hirtell'ous, -lus, minutely 

 hirsute; hir'tose, used by R. T. 

 Lowe for hir'tus (Lat.), hairy, 

 practically the same as hirsute. 



Ms'pid, his'pidm (Lat., bristly), beset 

 with rough hairs or bristles ; his- 

 pid'ulous, -lus, minutely hispid. 



Histiol'ogy (Crozier) = HIS'TOLOGY. 



HistodiaTysis (lords, a web, 5ia, 

 through, Xi5<ris, a loosing), the 

 separation of the cells of a tissue 

 from each other (Crozier) ; Hist'o- 

 gen (yevvdu, I bring forth), the 

 origin of tissue; Mstpgenet'ic, 

 histogen'ie, tissue-forming ; ^ 

 Plas'ma, Weismann's term for 

 tissue-forming protoplasm; Histo- 

 gen'esis (7evecrts,beginning), Histo- 

 g'eny, formation or origin of tissue ; 



Histol'ogy (X67os, discourse), the 

 science of tissues. 



hiul'cus, (Lat.) gaping, split. 



hoar'y, canescent, grey from fine pub- 

 escence. 



Hochblatter (Ger.) bracts. 



Hold'fasts, the disc-like attachments 

 of Algae. 



holera'ceous (Crozier) = OLERACEOUS. 



Holobas'id (5Xoj, whole, basidium, a 

 little pedestal), an undivided basi- 

 dium in Basidiomycetes (Van Tieg- 

 hem) ; holoblas'tic (/SXaaros, a bud 

 or shoot), employed when the whole 

 spore is concerned in the embryo- 

 geny, cf. MEROBLASTIC ; Hol'ocarp 

 (/ccijOTros, fruit), Nicotra's term for 

 an entire fruit resulting from a 

 number of carpels, it may be an apo- 

 carp or a syncarp, or an insensible 

 blending of the two forms ; other 

 divisions are actinocarp, and heli- 

 cocarp, according as it is founded 

 on a whorl or spiral ; and anti- 

 spermic or pleurospermic according 

 to the position of the placenta ; 

 holoearp'ic, holocarp'ous. (1) having 

 the pericarp entire ; (2) in simple 

 Algae, the whole spore (individual) 

 becomes a sporangium, and in- 

 vested with a cell- wall; Hologonid'- 

 ium (70^05, offspring), employed by 

 Wallroth for the algal gonidia 

 pure and simple, or soredia ; holo- 

 phyt'ic, pertaining to Holophy'tism 

 (<J>VTOJ>, a plant), the condition of 

 a plant with its growth main- 

 tained entirely by its own organs, 

 without any suspicion of saprophy- 

 tism or parasitism ; Holosap'rophy te 

 (ffairpos, rotten, QVTOV, a plant), 

 employed by Johow for a true 

 saprophyte, a plant which is 

 dependent upon humus for its 

 existence ; holoseric'eous, -ceus, 

 (sericeus, silken), covered with a 

 fine and silky pubescence. 



homalot'ropous (6/iaXos, even, rpoir^, 

 a turning), applied to organs which 

 grow in a horizontal direction (Noll). 



homoblas'tic (6/xos, one and the same, 

 /SXaoros, a shoot), denotes embryo- 

 geny which is direct; homocarp'ous, 



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