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HELIOPSIS— HESPERTS. 
anf'nmis, (common sun flower, y. and w. 
Ju. IX) leaves all cordate, 3 nerved ; ped- 
oucles thickening upward ; flowers nod- 
ding. 6-10 f. Naturalized. 
pv,hes"cens, (y. Au. 2-f.) hoary-pubescent; 
stem villose ; leaves sessile, heart-ovale, 
clasping, 3-nerved, crenulate, very soft; 
scales of the involucre lanceolate, villose. 
2 3 f. S. 
longifo'lins, (y. S. 11.) very glabrous; 
stem panicled ; branches few-flowered at 
the summit ; leaves sub sessile, very long- 
lanceolate, 3-nerved, very entire ; lower 
ones serrate ; scales of the involucre ovate, 
acute ; outer ones linear, divaricate. 4-7 f. 
S. 
tomentfy ms, (y. S. 2^.) stem rough ; leaves 
lance-ovate, tapering to the summit, acute, 
serrulate, scabrous above, tomentosc be- 
neath, generally alternate ; scales of the 
involucre leafy, squan-ose-lanceolate ; chaff 
3-cleft. 4 6 f. S. 
HELIOP"SIS. 17-2. (Corymhiferm.) [From 
elios, the sun, opsis, appearing like.] 
Ice'vis, (ox-eye, Ju. 2^.) stem glabrous ; 
leaves opposite, ovate, serrate, 3-nerved, 
smooth. 3-5 f 
sea' bra, (W.) leaves shortly petioled, 
ovate, 3-nerved, deeply sen*ate, apex very 
entire, both sides scabrous ; involucre pu- 
bescent. 
HELIOTRO'PIUM. 5—1. (Boragina.) [From 
elios, tlie sun, trope, turning; a name given 
by Dioscorides, because, as he says, the 
flower turns with the sun.] 
i)i"dic7im, (turnsole, b. Ju. @.) leaves 
heart-ovate, acute, roughish ; spikes soli- 
tary; fruit bifid. 8-12 i. S. 
euro ssavi' cum, (y. w. J. ^.) leaves lance- 
naiTow-lanceolate, succulent, glabrous, 
without veins ; spikes conjugate. 6-121. S. 
extroptfnm, (w. leaves ovate, veiy 
entire, tomentose, rugose spikes conjugate. 
Inodorous. S. 
HELLEBO'RUS. 12—12. {Ranunculacea.) 
[From ellein, destructive of life, hora, food, 
from it.s poisonous qualities.] 
fce'tidns, (hellebore,) stem many-flowered, 
leafy ; leaves pedate, remotely serrate, co- 
riaceous ; corolla somewhat converging. 
HELO'NIAS. 6—3. {Junci.) 
_ angnstifo'Ua, (J. 11) scape leafy; leaves 
linear, subulate ; raceme simple, terminal ; 
w-japsules oblong, covering at the summit ; 
seeds linear. 2 f. 
latifo'lia,{p h. M. 11.) scales leafless; spike 
ovate, crowded ; bracts linear-lanceolate ; 
leaves lanceolate, mucronate, nei'ved. 
diae'cia, scape leafy; leaves lanceolate, 
broader near the root; racemes dicBcious, 
spiked ; pedicels very short, without bracts ; 
segments of the perianth linear ; stamens 
exserted ; flowers white, in a terminal, 
spiked raceme. Unicorn plant. Blazing 
star. 2 f. 
dii'lnn, leaves very long and narrow, 
grass like; scape naked; spike slender: 
Hewers small, ses.s)le. 2-3 f. S. 
HEV1ERO(;aL"LIS. (>— I. (Asphodeli., [From 
cff/era, day, and kallos, beauty, beauty of the 
day.] 
I fa'vn, (yellow day-lily, y. Jn. 24. .) kavcM 
broad-linear, keeled ; petals flat, acute 
; nerves of the petals undivided. Ex. 
fiil"va, leaves very long, linear, carinate , 
! three inner petals obtuse, undulate ; nerves 
of the outer petals branching ; flowers large, 
fulvous ; scape 3-4 f. Introduced. Tawny 
day-lily, 
japon"ica, (w. Au.) leaves cordate, acu- 
minate ; corol funnel-shaped. Japan. 
HEMIAN"THUS. 2—1. (Scrophularice.) 
m.icran"lha, (w. Au. %.) leaves oppo 
site, crowded, sessile, obscurely 3-nerved, 
glabrous ; succulent stem creeping, dichoto 
mous ; flowers axillary, solitary, minute 
Banks of rivers. 
IIEPAT'TCi. .2—12. {Ranunculac.ecE.) [From 
epar, the liVbf ; probably from the belief that 
it was of use in complaints of this organ.] 
acntiV'oha. or triloba, (heart liverleaf, w. 
■and p. Ap. 11.) leaves cordate, 3-5 lobed ; 
lobes entire, acute ; leaves of the calyx 
acute. Grows in woods, prefen-ing tlie 
north side of hills and mountains. 5 i. 
omerica'na. (kidney liverleaf, w. and p. 
Ap. 2^.) leaves heart-reniform, 3-lobed ; 
lobes entire, round-obtuse ; leaves of the 
calyx obtuse. Grows chiefly in woods, 
prefeiring the south side of hills and moun- 
tains. 5 i. 
IIERAC'LEUM. 5—2. (Umbelliferm.) [Named 
either from Hercules, or the city of Heraclea, 
near which it grew.] 
lana'tum, (cow-parsnip, w.Ju. 2^.) leaves 
temate, petioled, tomento.se beneath ; leafets 
round-cordate, lobed ; partial involucres 5-6 
j leaved ; fruit orbicular. One of our largest 
umbelliferous plants, with a white, woolly 
I aspect. Flowers white, in very large, ter- 
minal umbels. Poisonous. 
spnndyli'um, leaves pinnate ; leafets 5, 
oblong S. 
I HERPl!:S"TIS. 13—2. (ScrophularicE.) [From 
erpo, creeping.] 
I cuneifo'lia, (b. Au. 2^.| very smooth; 
leaves opposite, cuneate-obovate ; pedun- 
! cles as long as the leaves ; corolla 5-cleft 
' stem creeping. 
rotundifo'lia, (b. Au.) finely pubescent, 
leaves oval, roundish, many-nerved ; ped- 
uncles opposite, as long as the leaves ; co- 
rolla 4-cleft. S. 
amplexicau'lis, ( Au.) stem woolly ; leaves 
cordate, clasping, entire, obtuse ; peduncles 
shorter than the leaves ; corolla 4-cleft. S. 
HES'TERIS. 14—2. (Cruciferee.) [Frcrr 
esperos, evening.] 
pinnatifi'da, (p. J. $ .) lower leaves ly- 
rate, pinnatifid , upper ones lanceolate, un- 
equally serrate ; borders of the petals obo- 
vate, entire ; pedicel becomes longer than 
the calyx ; stem smooth. 1 f, 
matrona'lis, (dame's violet, sweet rocket 
p-w.) pedicels of the length of the calyx ; 
petals obovate ; leaves ovate lanceolate, 
toothed. Ex. 
pygmce'a, (p. @.) leaves lance-linear, at- 
tenuate at the base, entire, or dentate ; pu- 
bescence 2-parted, appres.sed ; siliques nu 
merous, erect, compressed, jrmbescent; stem 
lei-ect, simple. 
