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Brazil), the Para rubber tree, 

 which yields caoutchouc. 



hexagonenchyma, n., heks'-a-gon- 

 eng'-kim-d (Gr. hexagonios or 

 hexagonos, six-angled; engchuma, 

 an infusion from chuma, tissue, 

 juice), cellular tissue which when 

 cut in any direction exhibits a 

 hexagonal form. 



hexagynous, a., hZks-ddf-m-us 

 (Gr. hex, six; gune, female), in 

 bot. , having six styles or pistils. 



hexandrous, a., h$ks-an'-drtis (Gr. 

 hex, six ; oner, a man, andros, of 

 a man), having six stamens, as a 

 flower. 



hexapetalous, a., h^ks^d-p^-dl-tis 

 (Gr. hex, six ; petalon, a petal), 

 in bot., having six petals or 

 flower leaves: hexapetaloid, a., 

 h^ks f -d'pet f 'dl'dyd (Gr. eidos, re- 

 semblance), having six coloured 

 parts like petals. 



hexapod, n., heks'-d-pSd (Gr. hex, 

 six; pous, a foot, podos, of a 

 foot), a creature possessing six 

 legs, as insects: hexapodotis, a., 

 heks'dp'dd-us, having six legs. 



hibernacula, n., hib'-er-nak'-ul-d 

 (L. hibernacula, winter quarters), 

 a name applied to the leaf buds, 

 as the winter quarters of the 

 young branches ; the winter 

 quarters of a wild animal, or of 

 a plant. 



Hibiscese, n. plu., Jiib-is'-se-e (L. 

 hibiscum, Gr. hibiskos, a species 

 of wild mallow), a Tribe or Sub- 

 order of the Ord. Malvaceae : 

 Hibiscus, n., hib-is'-kus, a genus 

 of plants producing showy flowers 

 of a variety of colours in the 

 species : Hibisca rosa-sinensis, 

 roz'-d-sln-ens'-is (L. rosa, a rose; 

 Sinensis, Chinese), a species pos- 

 sessing astringent properties, used 

 by the Chinese to blacken their 

 eyebrows and their shoes : H. 

 esculentus, esk'-ul-ent'-us (L. esc- 

 ulentus, good for food from 

 esca, food), whose fruit, from its 

 abundant mucilage, a common 

 ingredient in soups of hotter 



climates, under the name Ochro 

 and Gombo : H. cannabiuus, 

 kan-ncib'm-us (L. canndbmus, of 

 or belonging to hemp from L. 

 cannabis, Gr. kannabis, hemp), 

 produces the Sunnee-hemp of 

 India, yields a fibre like jute : 

 H. mutabilis, mut-db'-il-is (L. 

 mutdbilis, mutable from muto, 

 I change), a species which re- 

 ceives its name from the changing 

 colour of its flowers, varying from 

 a pale rose to a pink colour. 



hiccough and hiccup, n., hik'-up 

 (Dut. huckup, F. hoquet, hic- 

 cough ; Dut. hikken, to sob), a 

 very troublesome affection, due 

 to a short, abrupt contraction or 

 convulsion of the diaphragm. 



hickory, n,, hik f '8r>i (not ascer- 

 tained), a nut-bearing American 

 tree, whose wood possesses great 

 strength and tenacity ; the Carya 

 alba, Ord. Inglandacese. 



Hieracium, n., hi^er-af'Si'tim (Gr. 

 hi&rax, a hawk said to be so 

 called because eaten by the hawk, 

 or its juice used by it for sharp- 

 ening its sight), an extensive 

 genus of pretty flowering plants, 

 adapted for rockwork, Ord. Com- 

 positse. 



hiera picra, hi'-Zr-a pl-rd (Gr. 

 hieros, sacred ; pikroa, bitter), a 

 popular remedy for constipation, 

 known by the name 'hickory 

 pickory, ' consisting of a mixture 

 of equal parts of canella bark 

 and aloes. 



hilum, n., hlV-um (L. hilum, a 

 speck, a little thing), the eye of 

 a seed ; the scar or spot in a 

 seed indicating the point where 

 the seed was attached to the peri- 

 carp, as the dark mark at the 

 one end of a bean ; in zool., 

 hilum or hilus, a small fissure or 

 aperture ; a small depression. 

 hip, n., hip (Dut. heupe, Norse 

 hupp, the flank, the hip), the 

 projection caused by the haunch 

 bone and its covering flesh ; the 

 upper fleshy part of the thigh. 



