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Hebecar'pus — W here a fruit is co-vered 
with a (iowuy pubescence. Hebeta'tus 
— W here the extremity is obtuse and 
more or less soft. (See fruit of one of 
North Queensland ti’ees, Dio^pyros 
hchecarpa.) 
HELVO'liUs — Pale red ] yellow, red, antl|<rey. 
PIemicar'pcs — O no portion of a fruit which 
spontaneously divides into two se])arat 0 
X^arts, as that of UvihdUfcro’. IIemi- 
CYLiNDRicuti — Synonym for “Half- 
terete.” ; t>lane on the one .side and 
convex on the otiicr. Hemioyrus — A 
Xiericarp formed like a follicle, but more 
or less hard and woody ; as in the 
BanksiH and other I'jrtJteaceoiis plants. 
Hepa'ticEvS — Lirer-coloured ; yellowish- 
red, with much grey. 
Hep'ta — S even in compociition ; 1 [kptaoy'* 
NiA — Possessing sevi'ii styles ; Heptan'- 
DRiA — Po.ssessing -^oven stamens. 
Herba'ceous, Hekba'ckus— U sed in con- 
tradistinction to “Woody.” Also, 
applied to any portions of a plant 
which lire more particularly green and 
succulent. The garden varieties of 
Chrysnidkcmitiii i?id dctt»i are herbaceous 
plants, 
Herba'rium — A collection of plants, iiro- 
purly dried ainl pre])arcd for botanical 
study. Synonym for “ Hortus-siccus.” 
HeRJIAPH^RODITE, HEKItAPHROrJi'TUS — 
Where the stamens and pistils occur in 
the same flower, as in llie Peach’. 
IIesperi'dicm (Stvid tol>Qdeiiv(idfrom the 
suppo.dtion that oranges grew in the 
garden of the ITesperides) — An inde- 
liisceiit many-celled fruit, coated with 
a spongy rind (this rind is considered 
to be analogous t«J the epicarp and 
sarocarp of the drniia) ; the celh con- 
taining a of luili), in the midst of 
which a few seeds are embedded. The 
Orange, Lemon, &c., arc examples, 
Het'eroovst— I ntercalated cells of a si>ccial 
character tUlTcriag from their neigh- 
bours. 
PlETERoa'A3touis, IlKTEROGAiius — Beating 
flowers of differenC sexes. A head of 
flowers is IxJterogvamous when male, 
female, hcvniai*liiodite, and neuter 
flowers, or any two or three t>f thorn, 
are included iii one head; homogamoins, 
when .all the flowers included in ono 
head are alike in this res^ject. A sjflke 
or head of flowers is androgynous when 
male and female flowers an* mixed iu it. 
Heter'otropai., IIktf.r'otropusj — Where 
tlie embryo lies oblique or transverse to 
the axis of the seed, the radicle not 
being directed to the hilum. 
Hex'a — S ix in composition, as Hexag'tnia, 
having six pistils ; Hex.vn'dria, having 
six stamens; Hkxahedrical, having 
six sides. 
Hi ' AXs — Gr ax>i n g, 
Hila'kis — B elonging t<-> tlio hilum. 
Hi’luji — T he scar left on the surface of a 
seed at the spot where it was attached 
by the funiculus or umbilical cord to 
the placenta. (See the scar upon the 
the seed of the common Broad Beans.) 
Hippocrep'sis — H orseshoe-shaped, as the 
seeds of Menispermace^. 
Hirneolus — A little jug or x>itcher. Ap- 
plied to some fungi. 
. Hirco'sus— A goat like odour. 
Hibsu'XU.s — H airy, with dense but not stiff 
hairs, Hirtus— S haggy. (See Indigo- 
fem hii'axiUi.) 
His'PID, HlJ^RIDObsUS, Hispid'ulus — 
Where the pubescence is composed of 
long and rigid hairs, as in Adiantum 
khpidutufn,, 
HiBTo'LOiiY [JstoSy tissue, togo», a discourse) 
— That branch of botany which treats 
of the tii^sue of jdants. 
Hoaf/t — G reyish white. Synonym for 
“ Cancscent.” 
Ilono' — Whole; Holos', all, as Panicuni 
holOfSitirCiDn. 
Homo'genl\s — O f the same nature or kind. 
Homoios or Hoixo— In Greek compounds, 
signifies similar or alike. 
H0M03fALL0L's (from /lown, whole, and 
■luf^thSi a lock of wool, uniformly bend- 
ing or curving to one side) — Secund ; 
turning to one side, I1 eteho3!allous— 
Spreading in all directious. 
HoiicyTKOPAL, HoMaruo'pus — When the 
embry<i is not straight, but still has the 
same general direction as the seed. 
Ho'kauv, Hora'rivs— L ovsting about an 
hour, as some flowers, those of the Sida 
weed, for ijistance. 
Hosmo'gonk— S iJficial reproductive bodies, 
comxjosed of a chain of cells. 
Ho RTEX'i^is— Belonging to a garden. 
HOR^TU«-{<T(’'cr:« — Synuu>ia for “Her- 
barium,” 
HuMTEr'ses — Procumbent ; Hu'milir— 
L(p\v, dwarf, used in comparison. (See 
Crotalaria hnmfusa and Alochnmilis,) 
HyaTinus — M ore or less transparent or 
translucent. 
HYBERXA'cuLrJi, Htberxa'cula Winter 
quarters ; any part which invests the 
nascent shoot, and protects it during 
the winter, as buds and bulbs ; a form 
of thn stock. Li some peronhials the 
stock consists inercly of a branch, 
which proceeds in autumn from the 
base of the stem either above ground or 
underground, and produces one or more 
bud.s. This branch, or a [jovtion of it, 
alone siivvives tiie winter. In the 
following year its buds {.n'oduce the 
new stem and roots, vvliilsi. the I’est of 
the iiUmt, even the lirauch on which 
these buds wei-e formed, has died away. 
Tiieso annual .stocks, called Kouietimes 
hybeniacula, offsets, or si-olons, keep 
ux> the communication between the 
annua! stem and root of one year and 
those of the following 5 "ear, thus form- 
ing altogether a perennial xflant. 
I Hy'I3Rjdu.s, Hy'bripa — A mongrelj the 
common offspring of two distinct 
species. Hybrid.^, or cro.sses between 
two distinct species, come under the 
same category of anomalous specimens 
from a known cause. Frequent as they 
are in gardens, where they are artifi- 
cially produced, they a?e probably rare 
