Hymen 
Would this same mock-love, and this 
Mock-Hymen, were laid up like winter bats, 
Till all men grew to rate us at our worth. 
2944 
hymeniferous (hi-me-nif'e-rus), a. [< NL. liy- 
menium, q. v., + Ij.ferrc = E. Sear 1 .] In bot., 
Tennyson, Princess, iv. provided with a hymenium 
hymen 2 (hi'men), n. [< Gr. v/trn> (v/tev-), 
skin, a membrane.] A membrane. 
(a) In anat., a fold of mucous membrane stretched 
across and partly closing the external orifice of the vagina. 
(M) In conch., the ligament between the opposite valves 
of a bivalve shell. 
Hymenaea (hi-me-ne'a), n. [NL. (so called in 
allusion to the fact that the leaf is formed of 
a pair of leaflets), fern, of L 
ing to the god of marriage: 
genus of trees of the tribe Ainherstiete, of the 
natural order Legumlnosn: They have leathery ,,,,,, tc ,,<y,, H ,,, , ,,y m nv j,. m ,. 
leaves, each of 2 leaflets, rather large white flowers in . ,,;'?; \ ., rwi 
short densely corymbose terminal panicles, and thick ob- hymenitlS (ni-me-m tlSJ, n. L^L., 
-itis.] In paihol., inflammation of the hymen, 
hymenium (hi-me'ni-uin), n, ; pi. hymenia (-a). 
[NL., < Gr. vftevtov, dim. of vfirni (vfiev-), a mem- 
brane.] In bot., the fructifying surface in fungi, 
especially when the spores are naked. It Is an 
aggregation of spore mother-cells, with or without sterile 
cells, In a continuous stratum or layer upon a sporophore. 
Hymenoptera 
phore, the compound structure which bears it. 
It includes the Agaricini (which are typified by the com- 
mon mushroom), Polyuorei, Hydnei, 1 helephorei, Clava- 
riei, and the somewhat anomalous Tremellini, which are 
* . . , _ " _ . _ t , i VI /T^l* 'tcl.allu HIM Dulll^ n iiau tuvji 
Hymenmi (m-me-m m), . pi. [JNL. (.klias gelatinous. 
Fries, 18121), < hymenium (which these plants hymenomycetoid (hi'men-o-mi-se'toid), n. 
possess) + -iwi.] An orderof hymenomycetous Same as ItymcHomycetous. 
fungi, containing 8 genera, such as Agaricux, hymenomycetous (hi'men-o-mi-se' tus), a. 
Hymiiim, Polyporus, etc. They are placed by Pertaining to or having the characters of the 
later authorities in the families Ayuriciii i, Poly- Hymenomycetes. Also hymcnomycetal, hymi'iio- 
L ; , \ . , porei, nyanet, eic. 
e leaf is formed of fcymeniophore (hi-me'ni-o-for), n. [N 
,. Hymenms, relat- * iviav taken in the sense of hymeiiium, 
: see Hymenl.] A bearing/ tfpetv = E. ftearl.] In but., t 
i luii!. 
, the struc- 
ture orpart which bears the hymenium. Some- 
times hymenophore, hymenophorti/it. 
, . 
In the common mushroom, Ayaricua, for example, the 
hymenium or spore-bearing surface is naked or exposed, 
and spread over the gills, covering them on all sides witli 
a delicate membrane, upon which the reproductive organs 
are developed. Also called hymenial layer. " 
der aimUiffiuin, atcus, and Fungi- 
ttteea Cottrbaril. 
long or ovate pods. About 
8 species are known, all na- 
tives of tropical America. 
H. Courbara grows to an 
enormous size, and lives to 
a very great age, some of the 
extant individuals being 
supposed to be older than 
the Christian era. The heart- 
wood is very hard and tough, 
and is hence much valued for 
wheel-work, particularly for 
cogs. It is also valuable for 
posts, rails, and gates. It 
takes a fine polish, and Is 
so heavy that a cubic foot 
weighs about 100 pounds. 
A valuable resin exudes from 
the trunk. It is known in 
the West Indies as the locuet- 
tree or vumish-tree, and in 
Panama as algarroba. Six 
extinct species of this genus have been described from 
the Cretaceous of Bohemia, and one from the Miocene of 
Croatia. 
Hymenaic (hi-me-na'ik), a. [< LL. Hymenaicus 
(cf. Gr. "T/ievatof), < Gr. "fpfy>, Hymen: see Hy- 
men 1 .] Pertaining to Hymen ; used to invoke 
the god Hymen, as in hymeneal songs or epi- 
thalamia. Hymenaic meter, a dactylic dimeter acat- 
alectic ( w ~ w ^). 
Hymenanthera (hi"men-an-the'ra), n. [NL. 
(Robert Brown, 1818), referring to the scales 
borne by the anthers, < Gr. vftv", a membrane, 
+ NL. anthera, an anther.] A small genus of 
rigid shrubs or small trees, of the natural order 
Fiolariece and tribe Alsoileitce. They have small, 
axillary, frequently polygamous flowers, with the sepals only smaller. 
and petals nearly equal, the latter short; anthers almost HymenOgastrCSB (hi'inen-O-gas'tre-e), n. pi. 
sessile, united in a tube around the pistil, and bearing ' ' * -^' 
[NL., <Gr. Hyinenopappese (hHmen-o-pap'e-e), n. pi. 
[NL. (Cassiui), < Hymenopappus + -ete.'] A 
former tribe of composite plants, typified by 
the genus Hymenopappus: now placed in the 
tribe Heleniitideai. 
Hymenopappus (hi'men-o-pap'us), n. [NL. 
(C. L. L^Heritier de Brutelfe, 1788), so called 
from the hyaline pappus, < Gr. vfti/v (iifiev-), a 
membrane, + NL. paj>pm, q. v.] A genus of 
composite plants, of the tribe Helenioidea, the 
type of the old tribe Hymenopappete. The heads 
are homogamous and discoid, the bracts of the involucre 
are free, the style-branches are linear and obtuse, and the 
Kappus 1 1:1 !.:, is short, obtuse, or nearly equal. They are 
erbs with radical or alternate pinulsected leaves, and 
corymbose white or yellow flower-heads. Seven species 
are known, all natives of North America. 
Same as liy- 
See cuts un- hymenophore (hi'men-o-for), it. 
mcniuphore. 
A 
vision of ferns, not now recognized, including 
the tribes Aspidiacew, Aspleniacew, etc. 
Same as hymeniopliore. 
vfifiv (vpfv-), a membrane, + Qv/^ov, a leaf.] A 
family of homosporous ferns. It Is characterized 
by having the sporangia borne on an elongated, often fili- 
form, receptacle, surrounded by a complete transverse 
ring opening vertically : sori terminal or marginal from 
the apex of a vein; indusium inferior, usually of the same 
texture as the frond ; fronds delicately membranous and 
pellucid. There are only 2 genera, Hymenophyllum and 
Trichomanei, and about 175 species, mostly confined to the 
tropics. 
often clustered. Only 4 species are known, natives of 
Australia or New Zealand. H. dentata, the scrub-box- 
wood, is a much-branched shrub often many feet in height. 
H. Bankrii is a tall spiny shrub, well adapted lor close 
hedges. It bears a profusion of very fragrant flowers. 
Hymenanthereae (hi'men-an-the're-e), n. pi. 
[NL. (Reichenbach, "" 
-ece.~ 
fat, when the former gives a coating to the glob- 
ules of the latter. 
Ade- 
scription of the membranes of animal bodies, 
(hi'men-oid), a. [< Gr. 

see 
thera. It is referred by later authors to the tribe 
Alsodeiew. 
hymeneal (hi-me-ne'al), a. and n. [As hymene- 
3L ^&l*^* " ^^ t0 "" b ^eno^phy^-me-nog'ra-fi), n. [<G 
riage. Also nymt MI. a merabranei qf. - 7pa <t>ta, < -}pa<t>eiv, write.] 
Chorus hymeneal 
Or triumphal chaunt, 
Matched with thine, would be all 
But an empty vaunt. 
Shelley, To a Skylark, xiv. 
It was pleasant to her to be led to the hymeneal altar by 
a belted earl. Mn. Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, I. 236. 
Connubial, Nuptial, etc. See matrimonial, 
n. A marriage-song. 
For her the spouse prepares the bridal ring, 
For her white virgins hymeneals sing. 
Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, 1. 220. 
a. and n. [< OF. hy- hymenological (hi"men-o-loj'i-kal), a. [< hy- 
menean, < L. Hymenceus, Hymeneius, < Gr. "Tfie- meno ^ g ,j 3- .j c ^l.-\ Of or pertaining tohymen- 
T, belonging to Hymen or marriage : see Hy- ology. 
reticulated leaves, < Gr. ii/tj/v, a membrane, + 
HKTVOV, a net.] A genus of dicotyledonous gam- 
opetalous trees or shrubs, of the natural order . 
A&iflce^triber'mcAo^^characterizedbyhav- hymenophorum (hi-me-nof o-rum), n. [NL., 
ing the stigma fusiform, the flowers in branch- Gr : Wi a membrane, + -^opo f , < Hf** = 
ing paniculate spikes, with foliaceous bracts, 
and opposite, reticulated, ' "- 1 
About 5 species are ' 
Africa. The bark of 
as a substitute for cinchona bark, but it is of little value. 
The wood is used for making agricultural implements, etc. 
lymenogaster (hi'men-6-gas'ter), n. [NL. 
(L. R. Tulasne), with ref'. to the membranous 
structure of the interior, < Gr. ii^tni, a mem- 
brane, + yatrriip, stomach.] A genus of fungi, 
of the subclass Gasttromyn-tes. It is characterized 
by having the peridium fleshy or thin ; the cavities at first 
empty, radiating or irregular; trama composed of elon- ..__ 
gated cells; and spores various. These fungi are globose, hymenOphyllaCCOUS (hi'men-6-fi-la'shius), a. 
fleshy or .rather soft, and much lie the common puffballs, ^Having the appearance or characters of the Hy- 
menophyllaceai. 
','r<Hgmen6gdster + -<B'.] "A tribe of fun'gi, Hymenophyllea (hi"men-o-fil'e-e), n pi. [NL 
of the subclass Gasteromycetes, typified by the (Endlicher, 1833), < Hymenophyllum + -ece] A 
name originally employed to designate a tribe 
of ferns, but including the same genera as the 
Uymenophyllaceoe. 
including also the genera Gautieria, which is without a Hymenophyllnm (hi"men-6-firum), n. [NL., 
peridium, and Secotium, which has a central column cross- T/5T ?,/; ,,rT\ a ,,,,.,,, I ,,.',n, -I- mi'.JJmj T/ 
!ng the body of the fungus. Also written llytnenogailrei < Gr. vuri (vuev-), a membrane, + <fi Mov L. 
folium, a leaf.] A genus of usually small and 
sometimes very minute ferns, including a large 
number of species with filmy pellucid fronds, 
found chiefly in hot and damp tropical forests ; 
the filmy ferns or lace-ferns. It is closely allied to 
the genus' Trichomane*, from which it differs in having the 
two valves of the involucre separate and not blended into 
a cup. None is found In North America. Two extinct 
species of this genus have been described from the Car- 
boniferous of Europe, one from the Cretaceous of Kansas, 
and one from the Laramie group of Colorado. H. Tun- 
bridgene, the Tunbridge fern, 1 a native of England. 
genus Hymenogaster. They may be regarded as an 
assemblage of the simplest forms of the Gasteromycetes. 
posiessing usually the simple structure of the type, but 
and 
rvr 
afttSSS ru^nTrch 1 tnfmy^a H0 P tera (hi-me nop'te r|) n pi. 
are united into a sort S membrane. (Jfa^mB^T ptajlrf ^ .^ 
A tant order of the class Insecta. The order is 
characterized by the 4 membranous wings, of which the 
hind pair is almost always smaller than the front pair, and 
has comparatively few nervures. The mouth bears man- 
lichen having the character of the Hymenomy- 
cetes. 
I. a. Pertaining to marriage. 
II. n. A marriage-song ; an epithalamium. 
And heavenly quires the hymencean sung. 
Milton, P. L, iv. 711. 
hymenia. n. Plural of hymenium. 
' 
hymenology (hi-me-nol'6-ji), . [< Gr. v/iini 
(i'ftcv-), a membrane, + -hoyia, < Xeyeiv, speak: 
see -ology.'] 1. The science or study of the 
membranes of the animal organism. 2. A 
_ . treatise on such membranes. 
hymenial 1 (hi-me'ni-al), a. [< Hymen^ + -ial; hymenomycetal (hi'men-o-mi-se'tal), a. Same 
a var. of hymeneal.'] Same as hymeneal. as hymi'tiomyeetous. 
hymenial 2 (hi-me'ni-al), a. [< hymen*, or hy- hymenomycete (hi'men-o-mi'set), n. One of 
menium, + -ial.'] 1. In anat., pertaining to the the Hymenomycetes. 
hymen. 2. In bot., belonging to the hymenium. 
-' Hymenial algaorgonldlum, in licheuohigii, the algal 
cells in a sporocarp. Hymenial gelatin, an amyloid 
substance in the hymenia of some lichens. Hymenial 
The sporophore would be thought at first sight to be- 
long to a Peziza rather than to a Hymfnomycete. 
De Bary, Fungi (trans.), p. 302. 
layer. Same as hymenium. 
hymenic (hi-men'ik), a. 
Hymeneal. 
[< Hymen 1 + -i'c.] 
Hymenomycetes (hi"men-6-mi-se'tez). n. pi. 
[NL. (Elias Fries, 1830), < Gr. i>/4 (vuev-), a 
membrane, + ui'Kr/f, pi. [ivnj/ref, a mushroom.] A 
hymenicolar (hi-me-nik'o-lar), a. [< NL. hy- subclass or an order of fun_ 
menium, q. v., + L. cohere, inhabit.] In bot., sidiomycetes, characterized by having a hyme- 
;., l , .1 1 .;+;,.. ^ * l,.. l . . i . ,, . . . 1 1 1 1 , i f ',,.,!, riliioi iiii lli/. Ci-i'ii i>v tiiKcil $ 
inhabiting the hymenium. Cooke. 
subclass or an order of fungi, of the group Ba- 
sidiomycetes, characterized by having a hyme- 
uium on the free, exposed surface of the sporo- 
Parts of the Head and of the 
Sting of the Bumblebee (am&us\ 
highly magnified. 
A, section of head : b, ocellus; c, 
antenna; rf.clypeus; r.labnuB)/ 
mandible ; e, epipharynx ; Jt. max- 
illa ; r, cardo ; j, &, /. mentum and 
submentum; m, nt , labial palpus; 
n, paraglossa ; o, lingua, or median 
process of the ligula ; , occipital 
foramen; i,a, sclerites of hypopha- 
rynx. B, the sting: a, quadrate 
claritt, connected with om: <>f ma 
lances of the sting ; *. duct of the 
poison-gland ; /, grooved median piece in which the lances play ; ft, 
one uf the lateral bctobe palpifunn shcutli-pitxcfc; ?, genttul jperture- 
