The Hellebore ‘econ the true hellebore of wd a 
a 
The roots very li e H. Niger—the leaves 
d truly See orbs flower-stalks do not rise above the 
leaves, but are branched, bearing five ee a 
Ww s 
The North American H. Tri 
hellebore, with twice ternate Noses and green aed, pe a 
The H. Hyemalis, winter cheliebore, ae  yoew winter Aco- 
whose + am als 
any, Switze erland, a rance ; 
ur gardens, an ad ieee a ee iful Paci with 
the snow-drop nig blooms about the e time. 
We are told that the nace of black hellebore given as 
snuff, has cured diseases of the eyes; Rarer a a 
Nycta ally 
are deciduous: native o 
in o1 
from su inset till sunrise the next mo 
ant Juvenal sarcastically eae: 
oo NTR Jonhle dose of hellebore.”’ 
$ HIBISCUS. 
Venetian Mallow, or Flower of an Hour. 
HIBISCUS TRIONUM. 
Class 16.—MONADELPHIA. .—POLYANDRIA. 
. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
Cocumnires x. MALVACEX. 
(For Hibiscus, see Althea.) 
The specific | name Trionum. ie macigm is a TRIONON in Theo- 
phrastus, ; like the Hibiscus 
in question ; whose leaves, having three ley ae supposed to 
sanction the present application of she 
“Rees Encyclopedia. 
cies ae the gael Hibiscus, are a numerous 
bans ‘of the largest and finest plants of the Malvaceous order. 
e Hibiscus Tri — beautifu atas mallow, or flower 
of an hour, is an European species, and one of the few that 
are annual. It bebive rege cultivated for the elegance of its 
sulphur-colo1 ored wi ith five purple ex- 
yaa 
Wes oc g fe 
Ns ay hp RX oe 
- S 
4 - x ) 
c. “OS 
Nr oLPHe SS 
| —— rhound, E., Saxon hara hune, white hune, from its uuti, 
ozen, and wither ed appearance, as if covered with a hoar- 
con 
Pale hoarhound, which he holds of most especial use. 
Drayton. 
HOLLY. 
ILEX. 
Order.—TETRAGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. — 
RHAM 
Class 4.—TETRANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
Sz 
1 Latin word. Jo te a aie 
the name spot from Holegn, rie fora atree. Webster va ‘om 
= Saga the holm tree, of the genus I/ex. Ainsworth 
defi gia be “a kind of sak High e alled by some Holm : 
Th 
West F lorida, called ath Sea Tea, the “Tex Vomitoria, “aaa 
ia: 
a tea of the 
is 
at of Par reguay, where the Jesuits make a 
same wi ith th 
the leaves 
” ‘The holly is a tree of s r beauty, sometimes rising 
the height o of twenty ¢ or thirty a _ sins rickly leaves 
ar wine und the branches, 
and are dbase by Seven ofa Scant eased color, contai 
ag fo very hard seeds. The leaves form a grateful food to 
pide rimals: mci pune re Samy arm — them for self-defence 
ag th d harp prickles sagged it is 
thei 
curious to obser, that the thorny leaves: on ay. grow 0 
lower par 
A 4 th ats t f th reach 
? > 
f horses and cat 
1 at e with the 
pret anthers. ‘the e purple hairy stigmas, too, are remarka- 
oo ; se well as the — his) isped inner calya. x has a double 
calyx—the e outer perman p-shaped, five- 
cleft half way do jos permanent, Petals, Brey harrow at i 
> ie ing. ewha 
, Ue ee Oh fairest flower, no sooner blown than blasted! Milton. 
Why art thou doomed sweet flowe 
Is it because dl yd is too bright 
Thou t short how 
th IVwhtD 
Tis ‘thus | the lov ea and loveliest first decay— 
But their remembrance may not pass away. 
HOARHOUND. 
MARRUBIUM. 
Class 14.—DIDyNAMIA. Order.—GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. isa ng 
; ILLATE. LA 
e generic name, penetra is | Supposed to mie been 
ee to it from i 
borhood of Merrubium, a a town of the a in Italy. 
marrubium, is presumed to be the pra- 
_ston (white gases of the ancients, ae tad it in high 
esteem as and pectoral. 
> 
ve smooth leaves 
in sh ety. 
Four of the giant brood with Ier stand, 
Each grasps a thousand arrows in his hand; 
A thousand steely points on ev ery scale, 
f his bristly mail. 
or - ihc amid my friends Pe be, 
Like high 1 
ws re weer thas this””—she solemn said, 
head: 
Darwin. 
Southey. 
The polish’d leav: es, a berries red, 
Did rus' tling Pp 
And, as a aga een she fled 
way. Burns.—The Vision. 
of the common holly, I. i eg when fer- 
ashed from the dea: i constitutes 
me,a mat terial 0 similar to the 
elastic gum, or Indian rubbe 
HOLLYHOCK; or, ROSE-MALLOW. 
AL 
Class 16.—MONADELPHIA. Order.—POLYANDRIA, 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Pete bh 
COLUMNIFER. MALVAC 
Alcea, from the Greek aLKr, strength, fakiiae’ account of 
the reputed medicinal properties of some of the species 
k, the holm oak.” 
Skin species that the Saxon for holly, Holegn, is com-- 
Bri rs of Hol, all; an “ei es gy point, because it is all 
sharpened, or pointed wit 
The Ilex of oat sa has oceania in the Italian, Elice. See 
Baretti’s diction 
The Holly is a beatiful evergreen tree, several species of 
which are abundan' sre mabe America. 
parts of Europe, man, e species, native o 
