Hemiform 
Herborization 
gurov, a plant), employed by Went 
for a plant which at first roots in 
the soil, afterwards developing 
aérial roots ; Hem’‘iform (+ Form), 
used of heteroecious Fungi, having 
uredospores and teleutospores, the 
latter only germinating after a 
resting period; hemigona‘ris +{ 
(yévos, offspring), employed when a 
part of both stamens and pistils 
are changed into petals; Hemigy’- 
rus { (ydpos, round), = FoLLiIcLe ; 
hemisyngyn'icus (vv, with, yr7, 
yuvackos, & woman), half-adherent 
(Lindley); Hemipar’asite (+ Para- 
SITE), a facultative saprophyte, a 
parasite which can exist as asapro- 
phyte ; Hem’iphyll (gv) or, a leaf), 
the hypothetic segment of a 
carpel; ov’ular ~, placen’tal ~, 
those which become modified into 
special parts of the ovary respec- 
tively, cf. TRIPHYLLOME; Hemi- 
sap’rophyte (campos, rotten, puror, 
a plant), a facultative parasite ; 
hem’ischist (cxcrds, split), in 
brood - cell formation when the 
nucleus only divides, the cyto- 
plasm remaining whole (Hartog); 
Hemitetracotyle’don (rerpds, four, 
+ CotyLepon), De Vries’s ex- 
pression when both cotyledons 
are divided, or one normal and 
the other divided; Hemite’ria + 
(rypéw, I keep), ‘‘a monstrosity 
of elementary organs, or of ap- 
pendages of the axis” (Lindley) ; 
hemi'trichous + (Opi, tpixds, hair), 
half covered with hairs ; Hemitri- 
cotyle’don (rpeis, three, + Cory- 
LEDON), used by De Vries, when 
one cotyledon is apparently divided 
into three; hemit/ropal, hemi- 
t/ropous (rpd7os, direction) (1) am- 
phitropous, the axis of the ovule 
being more curved than the ana- 
tropous condition ; (2) employed 
by M‘Leod for flowers which are 
restricted to certain insects for 
honey-getting. 
Hemp, the fibro-vascular tissue of 
Cannabis sativa, Linn. 
Hen-and-chickens, proliferous flowers, 
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the centre flower or head being 
surrounded by subsidiary flowers. 
Henslo’vian Mem’brane, the cuticle ; 
so named from Prof. Henslow’s 
researches on the same. 
hepat’ic, hepat/icous, -cws (Lat., dis- 
eased in the liver), liver-coloured, 
dark, purplish-red ; Hepaticol’ogist, 
an expert in Hepaticae ; Hepati- 
col'ogy (Adyos, discourse, the study 
of the Hepaticae or Liverworts. 
Heptagyn'ia (ém7a, seven, yuv7, a 
woman), a Linnean class of plants 
having seven pistils ; heptagyn’ian, 
possessing seven pistils; hepta- 
merous (uépos, a part), having the 
parts in sevens; heptan’der (dvyp, 
avdpos, aman), heptan’drous, having 
seven stamens; Heptan’dria, a 
Linnean order of plants with seven 
stamens ; heptan’drian, relating to 
the same, or possessing seven 
stamens ; heptari’nus (dppyv, male), 
Necker’s term for HEPTANDROUS; 
hep’tarch, a fibro-vascular cylinder 
or stele with seven rays or bundles ; 
heptapet/alous (méradov, « flower 
leaf), having seven petals ; hepta- 
phyl'lous (¢v\dov, a leaf), with 
seven leaves. 
Herb, Herba (Lat., grass, herbage, 
plant), a plant with no persistent 
stem above ground; herba’ceous, 
-ceus, (+ aceous), (1) with the text- 
ure, colour and properties of a 
herb ; (2) with annual stems from 
a perennial root, as an ~ Peren’nial ; 
Herb’age, herbs collectively, grass, 
pasture ; Herb’al, (1) a volume con- 
taining descriptions of plants, such 
as John Gerard’s ‘‘Herball” ; (2) 
sometimes = HERBARIUM ; Herb’al- 
ist, (1) a writer of herbals, one of 
the old botanists; (2) a person 
skilled in the knowledge of herbs ; 
Herb’arist, an old word for botan- 
ist; Herbarium, a collection of 
dried plants, formerly styled a 
“*hortus siccus” ; Herb’elet, Herb’- 
let, a small herb; herbes’cent, 
growing into herbs; Herb’orist, a 
collector of plants for medical use ; 
Herboriza’tion, a botanic excursion 
