212 BIOTIONARY OF POPULAE NAMES HENNA 



Henna. (See CampHre.) 



Herb Christopher. {See Baneberry.) 



Herb of Grace. {See Eue.) 



Herb of Patience {Eumex Fatientia), a strong-growing pei- 

 ennial of the Buckwheat family (Polygonacese), native of Italy. 

 It is cultivated in this country and used as spinach, as also in 

 France. 



Herb of St. Martin, a name very general in tropical 

 America and the West Indies for Saiovagesia ereda, an annual 

 or biennial herb of the Yiolet family (Violaceas). Its leaves are 

 alternate, lanceolate, mucilaginous, and eaten as spinach. They 

 are considered diuretic, and in Brazil are used in affections of 

 the eye. 



Hercules' Club {Zanihoxylum dava-HercuUs), a tall, rough- 

 stemmed tree, with winged leaves, of the Bean Caper family 

 (Zanthoxyllacese). Its wood is yellow, and is a useful timber. 

 In young trees the stems are very prickly, and from them walking- 

 sticks are made and sold under the name of West Indian Briar. 



Hickory Nut {Carya alba), a large tree of the Walnut family 

 (Juglandacese), native of North America, yielding the white 

 hickory nut, which is eaten in large quantities in the United 

 States, and occasionally imported into this country. 



Hinan, the name in ISTew Zealand for Mccocarjous Einau, 

 a tree attaining a height of 40 to 60 feet, and a diameter of ?> 

 to 4 feet. It belongs to the Lime Tree family (Tiliaceas), and 

 produces a hard white timber, but is not much valued on account 

 of being apt to split. The pulp of the fruit is eaten by the 

 natives, and the bark they use as a black dye. 



Hing, a common name in India for AsafcBtida (which see). 



Hog-gum {Symphonicc fflohidifem,'bettevlmown.^s Moronohea 

 coccima), a lofty tree, 80 to 100 feet high, belonging to the Gam- 

 boge family (Gruttiferae), native of the West Indies and many 

 parts of tropical America. By incisions it yields a gum of the 

 consistency of Burgundy pitch, obtained in considerable quan- 

 tities. In Jamaica it is known as Hog-gum, on account, it is 

 said, of hogs rubbing themselves against it as it issues from the 



