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al-d (Gr. gurtio, I curve or bend ; 

 engkephalos, the brain), a section 

 of the Mammalia, in which the 

 cerebral hemispheres are abund- 

 antly convoluted. 



Gyrocarpeas, n. plu., fir'-d-Mrp' 

 e-e (L. gyro, I turn round in a 

 circle ; karpos, fruit), a Sub- 

 order or tribe of the Ord. Com- 

 bretacea?,, so called in allusion to 

 the fruit moving in the air : 

 Gyrocarpus, n., jir'o-kdrp'tis, a 

 genus of very ornamental plants. 



gyroma, n.Jlr-dm'd (Gr. guromd, 

 a circle from guros, round), the 

 annulus or ring around the spore- 

 case of ferns. 



gyrophora, n., jir-df^r-a (Gr. 

 guros, a circle ; pJioreo, I bear 

 in allusion to the disc of the 

 shield), a very interesting genus 

 of plants of the Lichen family, 

 found growing chiefly upon ex- 

 posed rocks, Ord. Lichenes ; 

 several species of Gyrophora 

 constitute the Tripe -de-roche, 

 on which Franklin and his 

 companions existed for some 

 time. 



gyrose, a., jir-oz' (Gr. guros, a 

 circle), in hot, turned round like 

 a crook ; folded and waved. 



habit, n., hob' it (L. habitus, state 

 of the body, dress), in bot., the 

 general external appearance of a 

 plant: habitat, n., haV-U-at (L. 

 habitat, it inhabits), the natural 

 locality of an animal or plant ; 

 the situation, district, or country 

 inhabited by an animal or plant 

 in its wild state. 



Habrothamnus, n., hab'-ro-tham'- 

 niis(Gr. habros, graceful, elegant; 

 thamnos, a shrub, a thicket), a 

 genus of elegant greenhouse 

 plants, bearing pannicles of 

 flowers in profusion, Ord. Solan- 

 acese. 



haemal, a., hem'*al (Gr. haima, 

 blood), connected with the blood 

 or blood vessels ; applied to the 

 arch under the vertebral column 



which encloses and protects the 

 organs of circulation. 



Haemanthus, n., hem-anth'-us (Gr. 

 haima, blood ; anthos, a flower 

 in allusion to the colour of the 

 flowers), a genus of fine bulbous 

 plants, Ord. Amaryllidacese : 

 Haemanthus toxicarius, t6ks'-ik- 

 dr f -i'Us (Gr. toxikon, poison), a 

 species whose root is poisonous. 



haBmapoiesis, n., hem'-a-poy '-ez't 

 (Gr. haima, blood ; poiesis, the 

 making or forming of a thing), 

 the production or formation of 

 blood : haemapoietic, a., hem'-a- 

 poy-et'ik (Gr. poietikos, making, 

 effecting), making or producing 

 blood. 



haemapophyses, n. plu., hem'-a,' 

 pdf'is-ez (Gr. haima, blood; Eng. 

 apophysis), in anat., the parts 

 projecting from a vertebra which 

 form the haemal arch. 



haematemesis, n., hem'a-tem'%s-\ 

 (Gr. haima, blood, haimatos, of 

 blood ; emeo y I vomit), a vomit- 

 ing of blood. 



haematin, n., hem'at-in (Gr. 

 haima, blood, haimatos, of blood), 

 the colouring matter resulting 

 from the decomposition of 

 haemoglobin by heat : haematine, 

 n., hem'-at'in, the colouring 

 matter of logwood : haemat- 

 oidin, n., htm'-at-dyd'm (Gr. 

 eidos, resemblance), the blood 

 crystals found as a patho- 

 logical production in old extrav- 

 asations of blood : haematitis, n., 

 hemf-at-lt'-is, inflammation of the 

 blood : haematinuria, n., hem' 

 at'in-ur'i-a (Gr. ouron, urine), a 

 condition of the urine in which 

 it contains hsematin. 



haematocele, n., hem-atio-sel (Gr. 

 haima, blood, haimatos, of blood; 

 kele, a tumour), a tumour formed 

 by an effusion of blood from the 

 vessels of the testis or its cover- 

 ings, or of the sprematic cord ; 

 any tumour consisting principally 

 of blood, e.g., 'pelvic haemato- 

 cele.' 



