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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Heptafrynlri, 515. 



Hepldgi/nous : having seven pistils or 



styles. 

 Hepldinerons : tlie parts in sevens. 

 Heptandria, 512. 



Heptdndroiis ; with scvca stamens, 280. 

 Heptapetalous : of seven petals, 276. 

 Herb, 101. 



Herbaceous : not woody ; of a soft text- 

 ure like an herb, 101, 102. 

 Herbarium : the botanist's collection of 



dried specimens of plants, 518. 

 Hermaphrodite: bisexual, 261. 

 Hesperidium : a firm-rinded berry like 



an orange, 311. 

 Hetero-, in Greek derivatives : nnlike ; as 

 Helerocdrpom : having two kinds of fruit. 

 Heteroce'phalous : bearing two kinds of 



heads ; as in Baccharis. 

 Heterodrdmous, 140. 

 Heteror/amoas : bearing two sorts of 



flowers, 436. 

 Helerofjeneous : of two or more kinds. 

 Heierdtropous, or Iieterdtropal, ovule or 



seed : same as amphitropous, 300. 

 Hexa-, in Greek derivatives ; six. 

 Hexagy'nia, 515. 

 Hexdgi/nous: having six pistils or 



styles. 

 Hexdineious : the parts in sixes, 234. 

 Hexandria, 512. 



Hexdndrous : with six stamens, 279. 

 Hexap^talous : six-petalled, 276. 

 Hexaphyllous : six-leaved, 275. 

 Hexdplerous : six-winged. 

 Hexase'palous : with six sepals, 272. 

 Hexastemonous : having six stamens. 

 Hickory-nut, 476. 

 Hidden-veined: where the veins are not 



visible, as those of the leaves of 



Pinks and Houseleeks. 

 Hilar : relating to the liilum. 

 HUum : the scar, or point of attachment 



of the seed, 297, 321. 

 Hippocastanaeese, or Hippocastanefo, 



410. 

 Hippocre'plform : horseshoe-shaped. 

 Hirsute: clothed with coarse hairs. 

 Hispid: beset witli stiff bristly hairs. 

 Hoarji : grayish-white from a fine pu- 

 bescence. 

 Homornrpous : bearing fruits all of one 



kind. 

 Homodrdmous, or Jiomodromal, 140. 

 Hoiudr/iimous : when all the flowers of a 



head, &c. are alike, 436. 

 Homorjeiieous : all of the same nature or 



structure. 

 Homdlogoiis : of the same name ; said 



of parts which are of the same 



morphological nature ; e. g. bracts, 



sepals, petals, stamens, and sim- 



ple pistils are homologous with 

 leaves ; 225, 231. See Analogous. 



Homologue : an homologous part. 



HomdmuUous (leaves, &c.) : originating 

 all round an organ, but directed or 

 curved round to one side of it. 



Homomdrphous : of one form. 



HomdlroponSj or homoiropal (embryo) : 

 curved in the same way as the seed, 

 as in the Chiekweed, fig. 621. 



Hops, 475. 



Hormj : see Corneous. 



Horizontal system, 50, 112. 



Horlus Siccus : same as herbarium. 



Huckleberry, 439. 



Humifuse : spreading flat on the ground. 



Humus, Humie acid, 57. 



Hyaline : transparent, or partly so. 



Hybrid : a cross-breed between individ- 

 uals of two species, 357. 



Hydrangiere, 425. 



Hydrocharidaceai, 487. 



Hydroleaceas, or Hydroleaj, 452. 



HydrophyllaceaB, 451. 



Hydrophyte: a water-plant. 



Hydropterides, 502. 



Hyemid: belonging to winter. 



Hymdnium : the gills of iMushrooms, &c., 

 507. 



Hymenophyllese, 501. 



Hypdnthium : a naked fieshy receptacle, 

 like a fig. 



Hypericaceaa, 394. 



Hi/po-, in Greek derivatives : under. 



HijpocMlinm : the under part of the lip 

 of Orchids, when jointed or other- 

 wise distinguishable. 



Hypocraterifomi, or, more properly, 



Hypocraterimdrpiioiis : salver-shaped ; 

 i. e. with a limb spreading flat at 

 right angles to the tube; 277, fig. 

 457. 



Hypof/ceons, or hypogcean (flowers or 

 fruits) : borne under ground, 76, 

 78, 328. 



Hypd pjnous : growing under the pistil, 

 and free, 250, 26S, 280. 



Hypophyllous : growing on the lower 

 side of a leaf. 



Hysteranthous : plants whose leaves ap- 

 pear later than the blossoms, as 

 the Red Maple. 



Hysterophytal : living on a matrix, either 

 of dead or living organic matter. 



Hysterophytes : same as Fungi, &e. 



Icos-, in Greek compounds : twenty. 



Icosandria, 512. 



Icosdndrous : having 20 stamens ormore 



inserted on the calyx, 280. 

 lUecebreae, 396. 

 Imbibition, 177. 



