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& trp^7^a, fphisrO) a fphere] half a fphere, as in 

 the Tanacetum. 



HEPTANDRIA [e^V feptem, feven, & A- 

 vxg, markus, a hufband] Linrueus's feventh 

 clafs, comprehending thofe hermaphrodite 

 flowers which have feven Stamina ; it has four 

 orders, viz. Monogynia, which contains two 

 genera, viz. Trlentalis, Mfiulus ; DiGYNiA, 

 which has but ont genus, viz. Limeum ; Tri- 

 GYNIA, alfo with but one ^r?«ttJ, viz. Saurur us ', 

 Heptagynia, in which there is likewife but 

 one gcrrus, viz. Sepias. 



HERBA [de etym. parum conJlat\ an herb : 

 according to Linnaeus, it is that part of the ve- 

 getable which arifes from the root, is termina- 

 ted by the fru6lification, and comprehends the 

 truncus, folia, fulcra, & hyhernaculum. 



Herba:, properly fpeaking, are thofe plants 

 whofe ftems perifh annually, Tournef. 



HERBACEiE PJantis \herha, an herb] are 

 thofe plants which annually perifh down to the 

 root ; for in the perennial kinds the gemma 

 are produced on the root, Lin. 



Herbaceus Caiilis, indicates the time of dura- 

 tion of the ftem ; dying annually : not woody, 

 oppofed to Friiticofus^ & Suffruticofus. 



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