4IO Introduction to Botany. 



Gy'nobase (Gr. gyne + basis, a pedestal) : an enlargement or prolongation of 



the receptacle bearing the gynsecium. 

 Gy'nophore (Gr. gyne + phorein, to carry) : a more or less elongated pedicel 



carrying the pistil. 



Hab'it (L. habitus, appearance) : the general appearance of a plant. 

 Hab'itat (L. habitatio, dwelling) : the kind of locality in which a plant grows. 

 Hal'berd-shaped : same as hastate. 

 Haloph'ilous (Gr. hals, halos, salt, the sea ; fhilein, to love) : adapted to a 



salty substratum. 

 Hal'ophyte (Gr. halos -\- phyton, plant) : a plant abounding in salty soils. 

 Has'tate (L. hasta, a spear) : arrow-shaped, with the basal lobes pointing 



outward instead of downward. Fig. 241. 

 Hausto'rium (L. haurire, haustum, to drink) : the sucker-like rootlet of 



parasitic plants, as of the dodder. 

 Head : a dense cluster of sessile or nearly sessile flowers on a short axis. 



Fig. 82, ^ and u. 

 Herb (L. herba, herbage) : a plant without a persistent woody stem above 



ground. Herba'ceOUS : having the characters of an herb, 

 Hermaph'rodite (from Hermaphroditus, who, in mythical story, was joined in 



one body with Salmacis) : having stamens and pistils in the same 



flower. 

 Hesperid'ium (Gr, Hesperides, names of mythological characters said to own 



a garden of golden apples) : a berry with a thick but not hard rind, such 



as the orange and lemon. 

 Hi'lum (L. hilum, a trifle or little thing) : the scar or place of attachment of 



the seed. 

 Hir'sute (L. hirsutus, hairy) : beset with rather stiff hairs. 

 His'pid (L. hispidus, bristly) : beset with stiff hairs or bristles. 

 Hoar'y : grayish from a fine pubescence. 

 Homog'amy (Gr, homos, one and the same ; games, marriage) : simultaneous 



maturity of pollen and stigmas in a perfect flower, 

 Homog'amous : bearing but one kind of flowers. 

 Hood'ed : shaped like a hood. 

 Host : a plant which nourishes a parasite, 

 Hy' aline (Gr. hyalines, of glass) : colorless, translucent, 

 Hy'brid (L. hybrida, a mongrel) : a plant produced by the crossing of two 



species, 

 Hy'drophyte (Gr. hydor, water ; phyton, a plant) : a plant adapted to an 



aquatic or moist habitat. 

 Hydrophyt'ic : relating to hydrophytes. 



