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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />

hallianus -a -um for R. G. Hall, American physician in China<br />

hallii for Elihu Hall (1822–82), American Rocky Mountains botanist, or Sir Daniel<br />

Hall (1864–1942), author of <strong>The</strong> Genus Tulipa (1940)<br />

halo-, salt, saline, alj, aloj, alo- (the habitat), corn-, alwj<br />

Halocarpus Corn-fruited, alwj-karpoj; some interpret as Sea-fruit<br />

Halocharis Sea-beauty, alo-xarij<br />

Halocnemum Sea-leggings, alo-knhmij (jointed stems and habitat)<br />

halodendron maritime tree, tree of saline soils, alimoj-dendron<br />

Halodule Salt-forest, aloj-ulh; or Enslaved-by-the-sea, alo-douloj (a sea grass or<br />

shoalweed)<br />

Halogeton Sea-neighbour, alo-geitwn<br />

Halopegia Sea-fountain, alo-phgh (marantaceous continuity of emergent flowers);<br />

some interpret as Another-spring, alloj-phgh<br />

Halopeplis Sea-spurge, alo-peplij<br />

Halophila, halophilus -a -um Salt-loving, alo-filoj (sea grass)<br />

halophyticus -a -um salt-plant, halophyte, alo-futon<br />

Halophytum Salt-plant, alo-futon<br />

Halopyrum Sea-wheat, alo-puroj (dune grass)<br />

Haloragis (Halorrhagis) Seaside-berry, alo-(rak, ragoj) (the fruits of the coastal<br />

species) (Haloragaceae)<br />

Halosicyos Sea-cucumber, alo-sikuoj (habitat and fruit)<br />

Halothamnus Maritime-bush, alo-qamnoj (habitat and habit)<br />

Halotis <strong>Of</strong>-saline-habitats, alj, aloj<br />

Haloxylon Salt-wood, alo-zulon (the habitat)<br />

hama- together with-, amahamabo<br />

from Hama, N Syria<br />

hamadae together, neighbours, ama (the use of rattan to join things)<br />

Hamadryas, hamadryas Wood-nymph (in mythology, dying at the same time as its<br />

associated tree, ama-druj) (also used for a N African baboon of the stony deserts,<br />

hamada, and the king cobra)<br />

Hamamelis Greek name, amamelij, for a tree with pear-shaped fruits, possibly<br />

a medlar, some interpret as At-the-same-time-tree-fruit, ama-mhlon<br />

(Hamamelidaceae)<br />

hamatocanthus -a -um with hooked spines, hamatus-acanthus<br />

hamatopetalus -a -um having hook(-tipped) petals, botanical Latin from hamatus<br />

and petalon<br />

hamatus -a -um, hamosus -a -um hooked at the tip, hooked, hamatus<br />

hamiltonianus -a -um, hamiltonii for William Hamilton, American naturalist<br />

Hammarbya Kuntze’s name for Linnaeus, who had a house at Hammarby in<br />

Sweden<br />

Hammatolobium Knotted-pod, (amma, ammato)-loboj (contorted legume)<br />

hamosus -a -um hooked, hamatus<br />

Hampea for Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe (1795–1880), German botanist<br />

hamulatus -a -um having a small hook, clawed, taloned, diminutive of hamus<br />

hamulosus -a -um covered with little hooks, hamus, hami<br />

Hanburia for Daniel Hanbury (1825–75), brother to Sir Thomas Hanbury<br />

(1832–1907), with whom he created La Mortola garden on the Italian Riviera,<br />

patrons of horticulture<br />

Hancockia for William Hancock (1847–1914), Irish botanist and collector for Kew<br />

Handelia for Heinrich Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti (1882–1940), Austrian<br />

botanist, collector in China, keeper of Vienna Natural History Museum<br />

hannibalensis -is -e from the environs of Hannibal, Missouri, USA<br />

hapalacanthus -a -um with soft thorns, apalo-akanqa<br />

Hapaline Delicate-one, apaloj (epiphytic aroid)<br />

hapalus -a -um, hapal- soft, apaloj, apalhapl-,<br />

haplo- simple-, single-, plain-, aplooj, aplouj, aplo-, aplhaplanthus<br />

-a -um having a single flower, apl-anqoj<br />

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