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heights by the barometer, or by 

 boiling water : hypsometrical, 

 a., hips'tirrfet'rik'Cil, pert. to. 



hypsophyllary, a., ltfpaf-d>fflf>l&r?l 

 (Gr. Tiupsos, top, summit ; phul- 

 lon, a leaf),, in bot., applied to 

 leaves which are bracts. 



Hyptis, n., hip'tis (Gr. huptios, 

 lying on the back with the face 

 upward from hupo, under), a 

 genus of shrubby plants, Ord. 

 Labiatse,. so called because the 

 limb of the corolla is turned on 

 its back : Hyptis membranacea, 

 m$m'brdn-a's&-a (L. membrdna, 

 skin or membrane), a species 

 which attains the height of 20 or 

 30 feet in Brazil. 



Hyracoidea, n. plu., Tiirt-ak-oyd'- 

 8-a (Gr. hurax, a shrew ; eidos, 

 resemblance), an Order of the 

 Mammalia with the single genus 

 Hyrax : Hyrax, n., hir'-alcs, 

 the rock badger of the Cape : 

 hyraceuxn, n., hir-ds'e-um, a 

 substance resembling castor in 

 smell and properties, obtained 

 from its urine. 



hyssop, n.,, his'sop (Gr. hussopos, 

 L. hyssopus, hyssop), a garden 

 plant having an aromatic smell 

 and pungent taste, formerly used 

 as a stomachic : Hyssopus, n., 

 his-sop'-us, a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Labiatse: Hyssopus officin- 

 alis, of-fis'-in'ol'-is (L. offitindlis, 

 officinal), the common hyssop; 

 the hyssop in Scripture is sup- 

 posed to be a species of caper, 

 Capparis J^gyptiaca. 



hysteranthous, a., Mst'-Zr-anth'tis 

 (Gr. husteros, coming after ; 

 anthos, a flower), in bot., expand- 

 ing after the flowers have opened, 

 as leaves. 



hysteria, n., his-te^i-a, also hys- 

 terics, n., his-ter'iks (Gr. Jiuster- 

 ikos, caused by the womb from 

 hustZra, the womb), a nervous 

 disease or affection, not altogether 

 peculiar to women, and not 

 necessarily connected with the 

 womb or ovaries, but due to an 



imperfectly balanced mental and 

 moral system : hysteric, a., 

 his'ter'ik, and hysterical, a., 

 Jife't&r'tik'dl, affected with or 

 liable to hysterics. 

 Hysterophyta, n. plu., his'ter-of'- 

 it- a, also hysterophytes, n. plu., 

 his-ter'.o-fUz (Gr. hustera, the 

 womb ; phuton, a plant), another 

 name for the order Fungi ; plants 

 living upon dead or living organic 

 matter,, as the Fungi. 



Iceland moss, is'land m8s (moss 

 from Iceland], the Cetraria Islan- 

 dica, Ord. Lichenes, a lichen 

 used as a demulcent and tonic in 

 the form of a decoction or jelly, 

 found chiefly in northern regions, 

 and used in. Iceland and Lapland 

 as food. 



ice plant,, is plant, the Mesembry- 

 anthemum crystallinum, Ord. 

 Ficoidese or Mesembryacese, a 

 plant remarkable for the watery 

 vesicles which cover its surface, 

 having the appearance of particles 

 of ice. 



ichor, n., ikf-or (Gr. ichor, matter, 

 gore),, a thin, watery, humor-like 

 whey flowing from an ulcer : 

 ichorous, a., ik'tir-us, like ichor; 



ichthyic, a., flAtU-flc (Gr. iclithus, 

 a fish), relating to fishes: ich- 

 thyoid, a., iK'thi'dyd (Gr. eidos, 

 resemblance), resembling a fish : 

 ichthyology, n., ttftht-b'&o''ji 

 (Gr. logos, discourse), that branch 

 of zoology which treats of the 

 structure, the classification, the 

 habits, and the history of fishes : 

 Ichthyomorpha, n. plu., ikf-thl' 

 d'-mdrf'-a (Gr. morphe, shape), an 

 Order of Amphibians, called also 

 Urodela, comprising the fish- 

 like newts : Ichthyophthira, n. 

 plu., ik'-thi-of-thlr'-a (Gr. phtheir, 

 a louse), an Order of Crustacea 

 comprising animals which are 

 parasitic upon fishes : Ichthyops- 

 ida, n. plu., tJc'-thi-d'ps'.id-a (Gr. 

 opsis, appearance), the primary 



