The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Harungana from the vernacular name, aronga, of the monotypic genus in<br />
Madagascar<br />
Harveya for William Henry Harvey (1811–66), Irish systematic botanist, phycologist<br />
and artist, Colonial Secretary in S African Cape, curator at Trinity College<br />
Dublin, author on phycology etc<br />
harveyanus -a -um for either J. C. Harvey, who collected in Mexico c. 1904, or W. H.<br />
Harvey (see above)<br />
hascombensis -is -e from the garden at Hascombe Park, Godalming, of C. T.<br />
Musgrave, lawyer and RHS treasurer<br />
haspan from a Ceylonese vernacular name<br />
Hasseltia, Hasseltiopsis for Johan Conraad van Hasselt (1797–1823), Dutch surgeon<br />
and botanist<br />
hastati-, hastatus -a -um formed like an arrow-head, spear-shaped, hasta, hastae (see<br />
Fig. 6a), hastate<br />
hastatulus -a -um with small arrow-like thorns, diminutive of hasta<br />
hastifer bearing a spear, hasta-fero<br />
hastifolius -a -um having spear-shaped leaves, hasta-folius<br />
hastiformis -is -e spear-shaped, hasta-forma<br />
hastilabius -a -um having a hastate labellum or lip, hasta-labellum<br />
hastilis -is -e like a long pole, shaft, javelin or vine prop, hastile, hastilis<br />
hastulatus -a -um like a short spear, diminutive of hasta, hastae<br />
Hatiora an anagram of Hariota<br />
Hausknechtia for Heinrich Karl Haussknecht (1838–1906), German pharmacist,<br />
botanist and collector in the Middle East<br />
havanensis -is -e from Havana, Cuba<br />
hawkeri for Lieutenant Hawker, who collected on the South Sea Islands c. 1886<br />
Haworthia, haworthii for Adrian Hardy Haworth (1765–1833), English naturalist, an<br />
authority on succulent plants, author of Synopsis plantarum succulentarum (1812)<br />
hayachinensis -is -e from the environs of Hyachine-san, highest mountain of the<br />
Kitakami-Sammyaku range, NE Honshu, Japan<br />
Hayatella feminine diminutive for Bunzo Hayata (1874–1934), Japanese botanist<br />
Haylockia for Matthew Haylock, gardener to Dean Herbert at Spofforth<br />
Haynaldia, haynaldii for Stephen Franz Ludwig Haynald (1816–91), botanist and<br />
Cardinal Bishop of Koloesa<br />
Hazardia for Barclay Hazard (1852–1938), American botanist<br />
Hebe for Hebe, Greek goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and wife of Hercules<br />
hebe- pubescent-, sluggish-, soft-, hbh<br />
hebecarpus -a -um pubescent-fruited, hbh-karpoj<br />
hebecaulis -is -e slothful-stemmed, hebes-caulis (prostrate stems of Rubus hebecaulis)<br />
Hebeclinium Downy-couch, hbh-klinh (the common receptacle)<br />
hebegynus -a -um with a blunt or soft-styled ovary, with part of the ovary glandular-hairy<br />
(Aconitum hebegynum)<br />
Hebeloma Pubescent-border, hbh-lwma<br />
Hebenstreitia for Johan Ernst Hebenstreit (1703–57), Professor of Botany at Leipzig<br />
hebepetalus -a -um with pubescent petals, with dull petals, hbh-petalon<br />
hebephyllus -a -um with pubescent leaves, with leaves resembling those of a Hebe<br />
Heberdenia for William Heberden the Elder (1710–1801), ‘learned physician’<br />
(Samuel Johnson)<br />
Hebestigma Downy-stigma, hbh-stigma<br />
hebetatus -a -um dull, blunt, soft pointed, hebes, hebetis<br />
hebraicus -a -um (hebriacus) Hebrew, Hebrus, Hebri<br />
Hecastocleis Each-enclosed, ekastoj-kleiw (involucrate florets)<br />
hecat-, hecato- one hundred, ekatontas, ekatom-, ekaton-, ekatohecatensis<br />
-is -e from the Hecate Strait, British Columbia, between Queen Charlotte<br />
Island and mainland Canada<br />
Hecatonia Hundreds, ekaton (a Sectional name in Ranunculus for species with<br />
numerous carpels)<br />
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