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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Hildegardia for Saint Hildegard (1098–1179), German Abbess Hildegard von<br />
Bingen, polymath and writer<br />
Hillebrandia, hillebrandii for Wilhelm Hillebrand (1821–86), author of a Flora of<br />
Hawaii<br />
Hillia for Sir John Hill (1716–75), English apothecary, naturalist and botanical<br />
writer, editor of <strong>The</strong> British Magazine (1746–50)<br />
hillieri for Sir Harold Hillier (1905–85), of Jermyn House, or the Hillier arboretum<br />
and nursery<br />
himalaicus -a -um, himalayae from the Himalayan mountains<br />
Himalayacalamus botanical Latin from Himalaya and Calamus<br />
himalayanus -a -um, himalayensis -is -e from the Himalayan mountains, Sanskrit,<br />
hima-alaya, land of snow<br />
himalensis -is -e from the Himalayan mountains<br />
himanto- leather thong, strap-, imaj, imantoj<br />
himantodes strap-like, imanto-wdhj<br />
Hinantoglossum Strap-tongue, imantoj-glwssa, (lizard orchid’s narrow labellum)<br />
Himatanthus Cloak-flower, imation-anqoj (the floral bracts)<br />
Hintonella for George Hinton (1882–1943), metallurgist and botanist in Mexico<br />
(feminine diminutive suffix)<br />
Hindsia, hindsii for Richard Brinsley Hinds, surgeon naturalist on the HMS Sulphur<br />
expedition (1836–42) under Sir Edward Belcher<br />
hindustanicus -a -um from N India, the land of the Hindus, Hindustan<br />
hinnuleus -a -um tawny-cinnamon-coloured (like a fawn)<br />
hinnuleus, hinnulei Hippeasprekelia the composite name for hybrids between<br />
Hippeastrum and Sprekelia<br />
Hippeastrum Knight-star, (ippeioj, ippikoj)-asteroj (the equitant leaves suggest<br />
being astride a horse)<br />
Hippeophyllum Equitant-leaved-one, ippeioj-fullon<br />
Hippia etymology uncertain; some suggest for Hippias of Elis, Greek contemporary<br />
of Socrates<br />
hippo- horse-, ippeioj, ippikoj, ippo- (usually infers coarseness or inferiority)<br />
Hippobromus Horse-stench, ippo-brwma (the odour of bruised horsewood)<br />
Hippocastanum Horse-chestnut, ippo-kastanon (Matthiolus attributed the name to<br />
the Turk’s use of the fruits to treat breathing problems in horses, see Aesculus)<br />
(Hippocastanaceae)<br />
hippocastanus -a -um resembling horse chestnut, chestnut-brown, ippo-kastanon<br />
Hippocratea for Hippocrates (460–377 bc), Greek physician who first divorced<br />
medicine from myth and suspicion and is regarded as the father of medicine<br />
Hippocrepis Horse-shoe, ippo-krhpij (the shape of the fruit)<br />
Hippolytia, hippolytii for Hippolytus (in mythology, Hippolytus was son of<br />
<strong>The</strong>seus and the Amazon Hippolyte)<br />
Hippomane, hippomanes Horse-madness, ippo-mania, <strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name, ippomanhj,<br />
for a spurge causing horses to become frenzied<br />
hippomanicus -a -um eagerly eaten by horses, ippo-maniaj<br />
hippomarathrum horse-fennel, ippo-maraqon, Dioscorides’ name for an Arcadian<br />
plant which caused madness in horses<br />
Hippophae Horse-killer, ippo-fenw (name, ippofaej, used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus for a<br />
spiny plant); some interpret as ippo-faouj, horse deliverance?<br />
hippophaeoides resembling Hippophae<br />
hippophaifolius -a -um with Hippophae-like leaves<br />
Hippuris Horse’s-tail, ippo-oura (for the tail of a horse, ippourij, also for<br />
Equisetum) (Hippuridaceae)<br />
Hiptage Flying-one, iptamai (the three-winged samaras)<br />
Hiraea for Jean Nicolas de la Hire, French physician and botanist<br />
hircanicus -a -um from the environs of Gorgan, SE of the Caspian, northern Iran<br />
(Hyrcania or Varkana)<br />
hircinicornis -is -e goat-horned, hircus-cornu<br />
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