The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Helobiae Marsh-life, eloj-biow<br />
Helodea vide Elodea<br />
helodes marshy, growing in marshes, elwdhj<br />
helodoxus -a -um marsh-beauty, glory of the marsh, elo-doca<br />
Helonias Swamp-pasture, eloj-nomh<br />
Heloniopsis resembling Helonias, eloj-oyij<br />
helophorus -a -um thicket-forming, eloj-forew<br />
Helosciadium Marsh-umbel, elo-skiadeion<br />
Helosis Marsh, eloj<br />
helveticus -a -um from Switzerland, Swiss (Helvetia)<br />
helvolus -a -um pale yellowish-brown, helvus<br />
helvus -a -um dimly yellow, honey-coloured, dun-coloured, helvus<br />
Helwingia for George Andreas Helwing (1666–1748), Prussian cleric, botanist and<br />
botanical writer<br />
Helxine a name, elcinh, used by Dioscorides formerly for pellitory<br />
Hemarthria Half-joined, hmi-arqron (the pedicels are fused to the rachis)<br />
Hemerocallis Day-beauty, hmero-kaloj, the Greek name, hmerokallej (reflects that<br />
the flowers are short-lived)<br />
hemi- half-, hmi, hemi- (used in the sense of looking-like, or half-way-to)<br />
Hemiandra Halved-male, hmi-androj (the dimidiate stamens)<br />
Hemiboea Half-Boea, hemi-boea, (a related genus)<br />
Hemibotrya Half-cluster, hmi-botruj (staminate flowers have aborted ovules – and<br />
pistillate flowers have sterile anthers) (section of Saxifraga)<br />
Hemichaena Half-agape, hmi-xaina (the mouth of the corolla)<br />
Hemichroa Half-coloured, hmi-xroa<br />
hemicryptus -a -um half- or partially concealed, hmi-kruptoj<br />
hemidartus -a -um patchily covered with hair, half-flayed, hmi-dartoj<br />
Hemidesmus Half-banded, hmi-desma<br />
Hemidictyum Half-netted, hmi-diktuon<br />
Hemigenia Half-home, hmi-genea (the androecium lacks two stamens)<br />
Hemigraphis Half-writing, hmi-grafij (the filaments of the outer stamens bear<br />
‘brushes’)<br />
Hemimeris Half-portioned, hmi-merij (the two apparent halves of each flower)<br />
hemionitideus -a -um barren, like a mule, hmi-onoj, hemicillus<br />
Hemionitis, hemionitis Mule, hmi-onoj, half an ass (barren-fern, non-flowering)<br />
Hemiorchis Half-orchis(-like), hmi-orxij (distinctive zingiberaceous flower<br />
structures)<br />
hemiphloius -a -um partially covered in bark, hmi-floioj (stripping bark)<br />
Hemiphragma Half-separated, hmi-fragma (the ovarian septum)<br />
Hemipilia Half-felt-covered, hmi-piloj (the partially covered pollinia)<br />
hemipoa half-Poa, hmi-poa<br />
Hemipogon Half-bearded, hmi-pwgwn (the anthers)<br />
Hemiptelea Half-elm, hmi-ptelea (the fruit has a crest-like wing only in the upper half)<br />
Hemisphace name, hmi-sfakoj, of a section of Salvia, perhaps sedi incertis<br />
hemisphaericus -a -um hemispherical, hmi-sfaira (fruit or flower-head)<br />
Hemistylus Half-styled, hmi-stuloj (the short style)<br />
Hemitelia Half-complete, hmi-teleioj (indusium scale-like at lower side of the<br />
sorus and caducous)<br />
hemitomus -a -um cut into two, hmi-tomh (deeply lobed along the length)<br />
hemitrichotus -a -um half hairy, hmi-(qric, trixoj)<br />
Hemizonia Half-embraced, hmi-zwnh (the outer achenes)<br />
Hemizygia Half-yoked, hmi-zugoj<br />
Hemsleya, hemsleyanus -a -um, hemsleyi for William Boting Hemsley (1843–1924), of<br />
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<br />
henchmanii for Francis Henchman (fl. 1824), nurseryman of Clapton, Middlesex<br />
hendersonii for either A. Henderson of the RHS gardens at Chiswick (d. 1879), or<br />
for Louis Fourniquet Henderson (b. 1853), who collected in Oregon, USA<br />
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