Miscellaneous. 



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Henna ... Lawsonia alba 



Herb ... A plant without woody- 



tissue above ground 

 and usually dying 

 down after flower- 

 ing 



Herbaceous (stem) Not woody above 

 ground 



Do (leaf) Thin not leathery 



... A collection of dried 

 plants 



... Transmission of charac- 

 ters from parent to 

 offspring 



Herbarium 

 Heredity 



Hermaphrodite 

 flower 



Herring bone 

 Heterostyled 



Hibbert bean 

 Hibernating 

 Hilling 

 Hilum 



Hindi cotton 



Hing (Hind.) . 

 Hippocrepiform 

 Hirsute 



Hispid 



Hispidulous 

 Hogshead (ale).. 

 Holing 



Hominy ' ... 

 Homologous 



Hopper 

 Horse bean 



Horse-eye bean 



Horse gram 

 Horse-radish 



tree 

 Hot bed 



Flower containing both 

 stamens and carpels 

 . . Tappin g by lateral chan- 

 nels from a central 

 groove 

 .. With different lengths 

 of stamens and of 

 styles in different 

 individuals of the 

 same species 

 ... (West Indian) Phaseo- 



lus lunatus 

 .. Remaining quiescent 



during winter 

 ...Making hills round 

 plants as they grow 

 ,.. Scar, where seed-stalk 

 separates from seed 

 ... An almost valueless 

 sport that appears 

 among Egyptian 

 ... Asafcebida 



Horse-shoe shaped 

 ,. With long distinct 

 hairs 



.. With rough, bristly 



hairs 

 Slightly hispid 

 52 gallons odd 

 Making holes at regular 

 distances for the 

 reception of young 

 plants 

 . Maize meal 



. Equivalent as regards 



descent 

 . Receptacle 



. (West Indian) Cana- 



valia ensiformis 

 (West Indian) Mueuna 



urens 

 Dolichos bilorus 



Hullah 

 Huller 



. Moringa pterygosperma 

 .. Nursery bed made 

 warm with ferment- 

 ing manure 

 .. Depression 

 .. Machine for breaking 

 up the parchment 

 layer outside coffee 

 beans 



Humic acids 



Humus 



Hyaline 

 Hybrid 



Hybridising 



Hybrid tea 



Hydrocarbon 



Hydrolysis 

 Hydrometer 



Hygrometric . 

 Hygroscopic 

 Hymenoptera . 

 Hyphss 



Hyphomycetes. 



Hypochil 

 Hypocotyl 



Hypogeal (ger- 

 mination) 



Hyson 



Ichneumon fly , 



Igneous 



Ilami 

 Imago 



Imbricate 



Immune 



Immunity 



Imparipinnate, 



Imperfect 

 (flower) 

 Inarching 



[December, 1911, 



. Organic acids produced 

 from decaying vege- 

 table matter in the 

 soil 



. Products of decaying 

 organic matter in 

 the soil 



Transparent 



Offspring of two dis- 

 tinct species 

 . Crossing of two dis- 

 tinct species 

 , Cross of China and 



Assam teas 

 . A compound of carbon 

 and hydrogen with 

 the general formula 

 O H% + 2 



The combining of a 

 substance with the 

 elements of water 

 followed by a split- 

 ting up 

 , An instrument for find- 

 ing the specific gra- 

 vity of a liquid 



Moisture-absorbing 



Attracting water 



Bees, ants, wasps, etc. 



Threads composing a 

 fungus 



Pun gi-bearing spores on 

 simple or branched 

 hyphse. Fungi 

 Imperfeeti 



Basal part of lip of 

 orchid flower 



The stem-axis below 

 the cotyledons in 

 an embryo 



. With cotyledons below 



ground 

 , A grade of green tea 

 A. parasite of cater- 

 pillars, &c. 

 , Rocks produced by vol- 

 canic action 

 Ageratum 



Adult stage of an in- 

 sect 



Overlapping, like the 

 tiles on a roof 



Not susceptible to in- 

 fection 

 , Insusceptibility to in- 

 fection 



Leaf with an uneven 

 number of leaflets 



Of one sex only 



Grafting in which the 

 scion is left attached 

 to its own roots till 

 it has united with 

 the stock 



