H.EMANTHUS 



HALES I A 



709 



in, tall, compressed, mottled : bracts large and thick, 

 ascending and forming a cup, in which the red fls. are 

 borne; tls. 1 in. long, with linear segments and a short 

 tube. S. Africa. bTm. KIT.'i. L.B.C. 3:'2i0. Wir. coarc- 

 t&tus, Baker, has smaller Ivs. and shorter bracts. B.R. 

 3:181. -Odd plants. 



tigrlnuB, .Jacq. Lvs. oiliate on the margins, 1 ft. or 

 less long, spotted on the lower part of the back; scape 

 in., red-spotted: umbel dense, 2 in. or less in diani.: 

 bracts shorter than in the last (not over 2 in. long), 

 bright red: tls. 1 in. or less long, with very short tube. 

 S. Africa. B.M. 1705. ' l H. B. 



HfflMARIA (Greek, referring to the blood-red under 

 surface of the lvs.). OrcJiidilccir'. A genus of 4 species 

 of terrestrial orchids, known to the trade chieliy as 

 Goodj'era. They are really dwarf stove foliage plants, 

 and are to be cult, like Antectochilus. In Htemaria the 

 lower lip is swelled above its base into a wide claw and 

 is provided with a pouch-like sac at base, and a blade of 

 2 divergent lobes; in Ooodyera the blade of the lip is 

 small and not clawed Both genera belong to a large 

 group in whicii the lip either has no spur or sac, or if 

 the latter is present, it is included between the sepals; 

 while in Anoectochilus the lip has a protninent sac or 

 spur projecting between the lateral sepals. 



The leaves of H. disrnjor are green above and red be- 

 low. It is, however, not nearly so brilliant as Jlo'maria 

 Dawsoyiiana, which has the same red color beneath, and 

 is beautifully netted above with red or yellow. In both 

 species a dozen or more small fls., chiefly wliite, are 

 borne on a densely hairy scape. Alfred Rehder writes 

 that these plants seem much easier to cultivate than 

 Anoectochilus. He has succeeded in growing Ana'Ctc- 

 chilus only underhand glasses, but has grown Htema- 

 ria without a hand glass in large, shalli>w pans, witli 

 the rhizomes creeping in sphagnum. 



A. JLi'S. not nttted-relned ahoiw 



discolor, Ltindl. {Good i/era discolor, Ker.). Blade of 

 lvs. olilong, 3 in. long. '^4 in. wide. China (Brazil, accord- 

 ing to Loddiges). L.B.C. 2:148. B.M. 20.5. B.K. 4:271. 

 — John Saul's plants had white longitudinal markings. 



AA. Lvs. IriUianlhj netted-veined above. 

 Dawsoniina, (C Ddivsonii, Boxall. A»a:ctovh}lii!< 

 DatvsoitidiiiiS, Low). Blade of lvs. elliptic, 3 in. long. 

 IHin. wide. Burma, Philippines. B. M. 7480 (^■eins of 

 2 lvs. blood-red; of the other almost wholly yellow) . — 

 John Saul says "golden purple" veins. 



H. Hasselbking. 

 HAIEBELL or HAREBELL, Campatiiila rotimdl- 

 folia. 



HAKEA (after Baron von Hake, German friend of 

 botany). Pvotvdciir. A genus of Australian shrubs, 

 sliglitly cult, indoors abroad and outdoors in S. Calif. 

 The genus is too polymorphous and uuimportant to be 

 described at lengtli here. Ninety-five species are fully 

 described in English, with an elaborate key in Flora 

 Australiensis 5:4S9 (1870). 



A. Length of lvs. 1-3 iiiclies. 



pugrionii6nnis, Cav. Height usually 2— t, rarely 8 ft. : 

 lvs. all entire, terete, smooth, rigid, 1-2 in. long: 

 few, in axillary, sessile clusters. L.B.C. 4:353.— 

 Franoeschi says it is an odd plant, which at a dis- 

 tance looks like a pine and has whitish fls. 



1016. Halesia tetraptcra (\ '.■.V 



A_i. Length of lvs. 4S in. 

 B. jyerves many. 

 moltiline&ta, Meissn. Tree or tall shrub : lvs. flat, 

 Ci-8 in. long, with many very fine nerves: fls. pink, in 



an oblong raceme which is 1-3 in. long. G.C. HI. 19:85. 

 — Int. in ISOU liy Mrs. T. B. Shepherd, who says that 

 there are 5 or mure racemes iu a bunch. 

 BB. IVerves few, IS. 

 Q. Us. red, in glotmlar heads. 

 laurlna, K. Br. Tall shrub, attaining 10 ft.: lvs. l-i) 

 iu. long, 3- or 5-nerved, 

 often sickle-shaped, on 

 long petioles : fls. in a 

 globular head, lK-2 in. 

 thick, from which the 

 numerous showy white 

 stigmas project 1 in. or 

 more in every direction. 

 Blooms in the C'alifor- 

 uian winter. B.M. 7127. 

 (t.C. II. 23:149. -Called 

 .Sea LTkchin on the Ri- 

 viera. 



CO. Fls. pinh, iu long 

 racemes. 

 uliclna, R. Br. Lvs. 

 usually linear-lauceolate 

 or linear, pungent, 4—8 

 in. long, prominently 1- 

 3-nerved beneath: peri- 

 anth and pedicels gla- 

 brous : fr. rarely above ^2 

 in. long, with a short, 

 straight lieak.- The foli- 

 age resembles the Euro- 

 pean furze. ■^^ ]\j_ 



HALfiSIA (Stephen 

 Hale, nil 7-1 1 01, author 

 of a famous w^ork on 

 "Vegetable Statics"). 

 Syn., Mohrodhidro)!. 

 Styraedceec. Silver 

 Bell. Snowdrop Tree. 

 The common Snowdrop 

 Tree {R. tetrdptera) is a 

 fine, hardy, small-sized 

 tree, which is covered 

 with a bewildering, 

 cloudy mass of small, 

 snowy white flowers, 

 l)orne about the middle 

 of May, before the foli- 

 age of the tree appears. 

 The genus has only 4 

 species, and is exclu- 

 sively North American, 

 if we place the Japanese 

 II. hispida iu the genus 

 Pterostyrax by reason of 

 the subterminal inflorescence and .smaller and fleshii r 

 fruit. Small trees and shrubs, more or less stellate pu- 

 bescent: lvs, rather large, membranous, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, more or less denticulate, slender-petiole<l, 

 deciduous, light green: inflorescence lateral: fls. snow 

 white, bell-shaped, drooping, on slender pedicels, in 

 fascicles or short racemes along the whole length 

 of the branches, borne in the axils of lvs. of the 

 preceding year ; calyx obconical, slightly 4-8- 

 toothed, adiiate to the 3-4-celled ovary; corolla bell- 

 shaped, epigynous, 4-5 cleft or parted 

 nearly to the base; stamens 8-lG : ovary 

 2— t-celled, 4 ovules in each cell: fr. a 

 drupe, dry, oblong, longitudinally 2-4- 

 winged, tipped with the style and minute 

 calyx teeth. 



The common Snowdrop Tree, R. tetrap- 

 tera, is found in woods and along streams, 

 but thrives in almost any good soil. 

 Its habit is round-headed, irreguhar and 

 somewhat pendulous, rather light and twiggy. It is 

 adapted to shrubberies and lawns in almost any position, 

 but prefers a somewhat sheltered place and a well- 

 drained, rich soil. It is easily transplanted. It often 

 grows in bush form, hut may be grown as a tree when 

 cut to one shoot and given ample room. The flowers 



Halesia tetraptcra. 

 var. Meehani. 



