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names as a narcotic and intoxic- 

 ant. 



henbane, n., lien'-ban (Eng. lien, 

 and bane), a poisonous wild 

 British herb, possessing narcotic 

 properties, and used in medicine, 

 so called from its being supposed 

 to be poisonous to domestic 

 fowls ; the Hyoscyamus niger, 

 Ord. Solanaceee. 



henna, n., hen f >na, also called 

 alhenna (Ar. hinna], a tropical 

 shrub, whose powdered leaves 

 made into a paste are used in 

 Asia and Egypt in dyeing the 

 nails, etc. an orange hue ; the 

 Lawsonia inermis, Ord. Lyth- 

 racese. 



hepatic, a., liep-at'-ik (Gr. hepat- 

 ikos, affecting the liver from 

 hepar, the liver), belonging to the 

 liver; applied to a duct conveying 

 the bile from the liver ; having a 

 liver-like colour and consistency : 

 hepatitis, n., hep'-at-M'-is, in- 

 flammation of the liver : hepat- 

 isation, n., hep'-at-iz-a'shtin, a 

 diseased part having the appear- 

 ance of liver ; the second stage of 

 pneumonia. 



Hepaticse, n. plu., hep-at'ts-e (Gr. 

 hepatikos, belonging to the liver 

 from hepar, the liver), the 

 Liverwort family, an Order of 

 plants the lobes of whose leaves 

 have been compared to the lobes 

 of the liver: Hepatica, n., hep- 

 at'-ik-a, a genus of pretty plants, 

 producing abundant flowers, 

 Linnsean Ord. RanunculaceaB. 



hepato-cystic, a., hep-at'-d-sist'-ik 

 (Gr. hepar, the liver ; kustis, a 

 bladder), applied to small ducts 

 passing from the liver to the 

 gall-bladder ; pert, to the liver 

 and gall-bladder. 



heptagynous, a., hVp-tadf-in-us 

 (Gr. hepta, seven ; gune, female), 

 in bot. , having seven styles. 



heptandrous, a., hZp-tand'-rtts 

 (Gr. hepta, seven ; aner, a male, 

 man), in bot. t having seven stam- 

 ens, 



herb, n., herb (L. herba, F. herbe, 

 grass, vegetation), a plant with 

 an annual stem, as opposed to 

 one with a woody fibre : herba- 

 ceous, a., herb-a'shus, applied to 

 green succulent plants which die 

 down to the ground in winter ; 

 having annual shoots ; applied to 

 green - coloured cellular parts : 

 herbarium, n., herb-dr'-i-urn, a 

 prepared collection of dried 

 plants. 



hermaphrodite, n., her-maf'rdd-U 

 (Gr. Hermes, the god Mercury; 

 Aphrodite, the goddess Venus), a 

 living creature which is neither 

 perfect male nor female ; in bot. . 

 a plant which has the male and 

 female organs, that is, stamens 

 and pistil, in the same flower. 



hermodactyle, n., herm'-d-datf-til 

 (Gr. Hermes, Mercury ; daktulos, 

 a finger that is, the finger of 

 Mercury), a species of colchicum, 

 famous among the ancients for 

 diseases of the joints ; probably 

 a species of Colchicum Illyricum, 

 or according to others of C. 

 variegatum, Ord. Melanthacese. 



HernandiesB, n. plu., her'nan-di'* 

 %-e (after Hernandez, a Spanish 

 botanist), a section or Sub-order 

 of the Ord. Thymelseaceae : Her- 

 nandia, n., her-nan'-di-a, a genus 

 of elegant and lofty-growing trees, 

 whose bark, young leaves, and 

 seeds are slightly purgative : 

 Hernandia sonora, s&n-dr'a (L. 

 sonorus, sounding ; Sp. sonora, a 

 musical instrument), a species, 

 the juice of whose leaves, it is 

 said, is a powerful depilatory, 

 destroying hair without pain. 



hernia, n., hern'-i-a (L. hernia, a 

 rupture ; Gr. hernos, a branch, a 

 sprout), the displacement of any 

 viscus, or part of one, from its 

 own cavity into an adjoiningspace: 

 hernia cerebri, s%r'eb'ri (L. cer- 

 ebrum, the brain), the hernia of 

 the brain ; a protrusion of a por- 

 tion of the brain and its mem- 

 branes. 



