Hilofera 
homocarpous 
hilum on the surface ; Hilof’era, the 
second or internal integument of a 
seed ; Hi’lum (1) the scar left on a 
seed where formerly attached to the 
funicle or placenta ; (2) the central 
point in a starch granule which 
the ring-like markings seem to sur- 
round ; (3) {any point of attach- 
ment ; (4) ¢ an aperture in pollen 
grains. 
Hinge, (1) the isthmus of Diatoms; 
(2) in stomata, delicate lamellae of 
cellulose, upon which the mobility 
of the guard-cells usually depends ; 
they may form an inner or outer 
hinge ; in German, ‘“‘ Hautgelenk.” 
hin’‘nuleus (Lat., a young stag), a 
tawny cinnamon colour. 
hino’ideus (h prefixed, vocvd)s, fibrous), 
used when veins proceed from the 
midrib and are parallel and un- 
divided ; venulo’so- ~, the same, 
if connected by cross-veins. 
Hip, the fruit of the rose ; technically 
a cynarrhodium. 
hippocre’piform, hippocrepiform’is 
(trmos, a horse, xpynmls, shoe, forma, 
shape), horse-shoe shaped. 
hirci’nus (Lat., pertaining to a goat), 
smelling like a goat; hirco’sus ¢ 
means the same. 
hir’sute, hirsu’tus (Lat., rough, hairy), 
hairy, with long, tolerably distinct 
hairs; Hirsu’ties, the hairiness just 
described; hirtill’ous, -/us, minutely 
hirsute; hir’tose, used by R. T. 
Lowe for hir’tus (Lat.), hairy, 
practically the same as hirsute. 
his’pid, his'pidus (Lat., bristly), beset 
with rough hairs or bristles; his- 
pid’ulous, -/us, minutely hispid. 
Histiol’ogy (Crozier) = His’toLoey. 
Histodial’ysis (lords, a web, did, 
through, vows, a loosing), the 
separation of the cells of a tissue 
from each other (Crozier) ; Hist’o- 
gen (yevvaw, I bring forth), the 
origin of tissue; histogenet/‘ic, 
histogen’ic, tissue-forming; ~ 
Plas’‘ma, Weismann’s term for 
tissue-forming protoplasm ; Histo- 
gen’esis (yéveo.s, beginning), Histo- 
g’eny, formation or origin of tissue ; 
Histol’ogy (Aéyos, discourse), the 
science of tissues. 
hiul’cus, (Lat.) gaping, split. 
hoar’y, canescent, grey from fine pub- 
escence. 
Hochbliatter (Ger.) bracts. 
Hold’fasts, the disc-like attachments 
of Algae. 
holera’ceous (Crozier) = OLERACEOUS. 
Holobas’id (dos, whole, basidium, a 
little pedestal), an undivided basi- 
dium in Basidiomycetes (Van Tieg- 
hem) ; holoblas‘tic (SXac7ds, a bud 
or shoot), employed when the whole 
spore is concerned in the embryo- 
geny, ¢f. MEROBLASTIC ; Hol’ocarp 
(xapros, fruit), Nicotra’s term for 
an entire fruit resulting from a 
number of carpels, it may be an apo- 
carp or a syncarp, or an insensible 
blending of the two forms ; other 
divisions are actinocarp, and heli- 
cocarp, according as it is founded 
on a whorl or spiral; and anti- 
spermic or pleurospermic according 
to the position of the placenta ; 
holocarp’ic, holocarp’ous, (1) having 
the pericarp entire; (2) in simple 
Algae, the whole spore (individual) 
becomes a sporangium, and in- 
vested with a cell-wall; Hologonid’- 
ium (-yovos, offspring), employed by 
Wallroth for the algal gonidia 
pure and simple, or soredia ; holo- 
phyt’ic, pertaining to Holophy’tism 
(gurév, a plant), the condition of 
a plant with its growth main- 
tained entirely by its own organs, 
without any suspicion of saprophy- 
tism or parasitism ; Holosap’rophyte 
(campos, rotten, gurov, a plant), 
employed by Johow for a true 
saprophyte, aw plant which is 
dependent upon humus for its 
existence; holoseric’eous, -cevs, 
(sericeus, silken), covered with a 
fine and silky pubescence. 
homalot’ropous (éuados, even, tpor7, 
a turning), applied to organs which 
grow ina horizontal direction(Noll). 
homoblas’tic (640s, one and the same, 
Bdaores, a shoot), denotes embryo- 
geny which is direct; homocarp’ous, 
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