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harmtinia, a joining together 

 from harmozo, I fit together), in 

 anat., a form of articulation 

 in which there is neither serration 

 of the edges of the bones nor 

 interposed cartilage, and in which 

 of course there is no movement. 



hastate, a., hast'-dt (L. hasta, a 

 spear), shaped like a halbert, 

 applied to leaves; applied to a 

 leaf with two portions of the 

 base projecting more or less com- 

 pletely at right angles to the 

 blade. 



haulm, n., also halm, n., hdwm 

 or ham (Ger. halm, F. chaulme, 

 straw), the stem or stalk of grain ; 

 the dead stems of herbs, as of the 

 potato. 



haunch, n., hdwnsh (F. hanche, 

 the hip ; old H. Ger. hlancha, the 

 flank), the hip; that part of a 

 man or quadruped which lies be- 

 tween the last rib and the thigh ; 

 a joint of mutton or venison. 



haustellate, a., haws-Ml'ldt (L. 

 haustellum, a sucker from 

 haurio, I draw water), provided 

 with suckers, applied to the 

 mouths of certain Crustacea and 

 Insecta : haustorium, n. , haws- 

 tor'-i'um (L. haustor, a drawer), 

 the sucker at the extremity of the 

 parasitic root of the dodder ; the 

 root-like sucker of the ivy, etc. 



haw, n., haw (AS. haya, Ger. 

 hag, a hedge, an enclosure), the 

 berry of the hawthorn ; the mem- 

 brana nictitans, or third eyelid of 

 birds and quadrupeds. 



heart, n., hart (AS. heorte; Goth. 

 hair to; Sans, hardi; Gr. kardia, 

 the heart), the central organ 

 of the circulation, which, by 

 alternate contracting and ex- 

 panding, sends the blood through 

 the arteries, to be again received 

 by it from the veins. 



hectic, a., htMtik (Gr. hektikos, 

 pert, to habit of body from 

 hexis, habit of body), constit- 

 utional ; habitual : hectic fever, 

 a peculiar form of remittent 



fever, the result of exhausting 

 disease. 



hectocotylus, n., hek'to-Jcot'il-tis 

 (Gr. hekaton, a hundred ; kotulos, 

 a cup), the metamorphosed re- 

 productive arm of certain of the 

 male cuttle-fishes. 



Hedera, n., hed'er-a (L. hZdera, 

 the plant ivy), a genus of ivy 

 plants, Ord. Araliacese: Hedera 

 helix, hel'-iks (Gr. helix, anything 

 twisted, a fold; L. helix, a kind 

 of ivy), a species of ivy whose 

 succulent fruit is emetic and 

 purgative: hederaceous, a., lied'- 

 er-a'-shus, of or pert, to ivy. 



Hedysamm, n., hed'-is-dr'-um (Gr. 

 hedus, sweet), a genus of very 

 handsome flowering plants, pro- 

 ducing racemes of beautiful pea- 

 flowers, Ord. Leguminosse, Sub- 

 ord. Papilionacese : Hedysarum 

 gyrans, jlr'anz (L. gyrans, 

 turning round in a circle), a species 

 which exhibits a remarkable irrit- 

 ability in its leaves; the Gora- 

 chand of Bengal. 



Heimia, n., him'i-a (after Dr. 

 Heim, a celebrated physician of 

 Berlin), a genus of plants very 

 pretty when in blossom, Ord. 

 Lythracese : Heimia salicifolia, 

 sal-is'-i-fol'-i-a (L. salix, a willow 

 tree, sallcis, of a willow tree ; 

 folium, a leaf), a species said to 

 have diaphoretic properties, and 

 by the Mexicans considered a 

 potent remedy in venereal dis- 

 eases. 



Hekistotherms, n. plu., he-Ms'-to- 

 thermz (Gr. hekistos, very little ; 

 therme, heat), plants of the arctic 

 and antarctic regions, and the 

 higher regions of mountains in 

 temperate climates, such as 

 Mosses, Lichens, Coniferse, etc., 

 which can bear darkness under 

 snow, and require a small amount 

 of heat. 



Helianthemum, n., heV-i-dntJi'-em' 

 um (Gr. helios, the sun ; anthem- 

 on, a flower in allusion to the 

 yellow flowers), a genus of showy. 



