Heterostyly 
hiliferou 
head ; Heterosty’ly = HETEROGAMY ; 
Heterotax’y (rdis, arrangement), 
deviation, as the production of 
organs in situations where under 
normal conditions they would not 
be found; heterotop’ic (romos, a 
place), used of plants found on soils 
apparently very diverse from their 
normal stations; heterot’ropal, 
heterot’ropous (rpd7os, direction), 
(1) in ovules, the same as amphi- 
tropous ; (2) employed by Agardh 
for collateral ovules, back to back ; 
(3) lying parallel with the hilum ; 
heterotrophic -us (rpopy, food) ; 
Heterot’rophy,(1) used by Minks for 
those Lichens living symbiotically ; 
(2) by Wiesner for the compound 
position of a shoot with regard to 
the horizon and of the mother- 
shoot ; Het’erotype (rvzos, form, 
type), Flemming’s term for a 
peculiar nuclear division connected 
with the reduction of the chroma- 
somes, marked by the early fission 
of the chromatic thread, a special 
form of the chromosomes them- 
selves (Farmer) ; adj. heterotyp’ic ; 
heterox’enous (éévos, a host) = 
HETEROECIOUS. 
Hexacoc’cus (#&, six, xéxxos, a kernel), 
a fruit of six cells, as Triglochin ; 
Hexagoniench’yma (ywrla, angle, 
éyxuua, an infusion), cellular 
tissue which exhibits hexagonal 
cells in section ; hexag’onus, six- 
angled ; hexag’onoid (eZéos, like), J. 
Smith’s term for hexagonal areolae 
on Ferns, which are bordered by 
veins ; Hexagyn‘ia (yuv7, a woman), 
a Linnean order of plants possessing 
six pistils ; hexagyn’ian, plants be- 
longing to that order, or having its 
character; hexag’ynous, with six 
pistils ; hexalep’idus (Aerts, Aewldos, 
a scale), six-scaled ; hexam’erous, 
-rus (uépos, a part), in sixes; 
hexan’der (dyyp, dvdpos, a man), 
hexan’drous, with six stamens; 
Hexan’dria, a Linnean class charac- 
terised by the possession of six 
stamens ; hexan’drian, relating to 
that class ; hexapet’alous (7éra)ov, 
a flower leaf), with six petals ; 
hexapet/aloid (cldos, like), having a 
perianth of six pieces, which re- 
semble petals ; hexaphyl’lous, -lus 
(pvArov, a leaf), six leaved ; Hex’a- 
pod (ros, rodos, a foot), a fathom of 
six feet, used sometimes as a 
measure of altitude ; hexap’terous, 
-rus (rrepov, a wing), six winged ; 
hexapyre’nus (avpyv, a kernel), 
having six kernels ; hex’arch (dpx7, 
beginning), applied to a stele with 
six strands or origins; hexari’nus 
(&ppyv, male), Necker’s synonym 
for hexandrous ; hexasep’alous, -/us 
(+ Srpatum), with six sepals; 
hexaste’monous, -nus (oT7uwy, sta- 
men) hexandrous, six-stamened. 
hi’ans (Lat.), gaping, as a ringent 
corolla. 
Hibern’acle, Hiberna’culum (Lat., a 
winter room), (1) a winter bud ; (2) 
in botanic gardens, the winter 
quarters for plants, especially plant 
houses and frames; _hiber’nal, 
hiberna‘lis (Lat.), pertaining to 
winter; Hiberna’tion, passing the 
winter in a dormant state. - 
-‘Hiber’nian, H. C. Watson’s term for 
those plants of the United Kingdom 
whose head-quarters appear to be 
in Ireland (Hibernia). 
hid’den, concealed from view; ~ 
veined, with veins which are not 
obvious, as in Pinks and House 
leeks, by excess of parenchyma. 
hide-bound, a cultivator’s expression 
when the bark does not yield to the 
growth of the stem. 
High-yeast, barm, the yeast which 
forms at the surface; ¢/. low or 
bottom yeast. 
hi’emal, hiema‘lis (Lat.), relating to 
winter. 
High'land, used by Watson for a type 
of distribution in Great Britain, of 
those plants chiefly found in the 
Highlands of Scotland. 
hilar, hila’ris (hilum, a trifle), re- 
lating to the hilum; Hile (8. F. 
Gray) = HiLum; ~ _ bear’'ing, 
marked with a hilum ; hilif’erous, 
hil’ifer, (fero, I bear), having a 
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