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Kj/zW-Hellebore, the name of a genus of plants, called by authors Hellcborinc. See the article Helleborine, Suffl.

ffbite-Hf.zi.EBORE, the name of a genus of plants, other- wife called Veratrum. See the article Veratrum, Sifbl,

HELM, (Cyd.) a term ufed by country people for wheat or rye- ftraw, bruifed by thrafhing, or otherwife, and ufually bound up in bundles for thatching. See Thatching, Append.

HELMET-ftozucr, in botany, a name by which fome call the Scutellaria, or Cajftda of authors; See the article Cassi-

DA, Suppl.

HEMANDIA, (Suppl.) This is an error oftheprefs, for He r-

nandia See Hernandia, Append. HEMEROBIUS, in zoology, a name ufed by fome for the

fly, cajled Goldtn-eye, and Cbryfipis. See the article Chry-

sopis, Suppl. HEMLOCK, in botany, the Englifh name of a genus of plants,

called by botarrito Ctciia. Seethe article Cicuta, Suppl. BaJlard-HEMtocK, the name by which fome call a diftina

genus of plants, known among botanifls by that of Cimtatia.

See the article Cicutaria, Suppl. HEMP, in botany, the Englifh name of a diftina genus of

plants, called by botanical writers Cannabis. See Che article

Cannabis, Suppl. BaJlard-hiEMp, tire Englifh name of a genus of plants, called

by Tournefort Cannabina, See the article Cannabina

Suppl. Wjfir-HEMP, a. name fometimes ufed for a genus of plants,

called by botanical writers, Bideni. See the article Bidens'

Suppl. liEMp-Agrimwy, a name fometimes, given to a diftina genus

of plants, called by botanifls Eupalorium. See the article Eu-

patorjum, Suppl. HEN (Suppl.) — tiEK-houfe, a place or building, made for

fileltering or confining poultry. i)ia. Ruft. in voc. HENBANE, (Suppl.) _ K&it'-HENEANE, a name by which

fome call the Nicotiaua of botanical authors. See the article

NlCOTIANA, Suppl.

HEPS, in botany, the fame with lips. See the article Hips

Append. HKliB-Bennct, herba bcncdicla, a name fometimes (riven to a

diftina genus of plants, called by authors Caryopbyflata. See

the article Car yophyllata, Suppl. HERB-Cbri/lopbcr, herba Cbrijlopboriana, in botany, the name

of a diftina genus of plants. See the article Christopho-

eiana, Suppl. HERB-GVarrf, in botany, a name fometimes given to a diftina

genus of plants, otherwife called Angelica. Sec the article

Angelica, Suppl. Herb of grace, a name by which fome call rue. See the article

Ruta, Suppl. HERE-Robcrt, a name fometimes ufed for t\\c geranium, or crane's

bill. See the article Geranium, Suppl. B.EKB-Trefiil, in botany, See the articles Trefoil and Tri-

folium, Suppl. Herb-TWotVv, in botany, a name fometimes given to the violet.

See the article Viola, Suppl. HEKB-True-lo've, the name by which the Herb-Paris is fome- times called. See the article HERBA-Paris, Suppl. HERB-Twopcncc, the name of a diftina genus of plants, called

otherwife Lyflmacbia, or Summularia. See the article Lysi-

machia, Suppl. T&tKB-Hftlhw, or Willow-bcrb, a name fometimes given to two

diftinfl genufes of plants, the Lyflmacbia and Cbamcenerium.

See the articles Chamjenerium, and Lysimachia

Suppl. '

HtRCULES'j Albeal, the name of a diftina genus of plants,

defcribed by Linnaeus under that of Panax. See the article

Panax, Append. HEMISPH.*:KIA, a name by which Dr. Hill calls the genus of

flies, known in Englifh by that of Lady-Cow.

Ray, and other writers,' have defcribed thefe among the Bee-

tles. Seethe article Scarab^us, Suppl. 1ERMIT-//Z>, the name by which fome ca

HERMIT-//*, the name by which fome call the long-tailed Squilla, with a foft tail, and the right claw the larger. See the article So^jilea, Append.

HERMODAC TYLE, Hcrmodailylus, in botany, a name im- properly ufed by fome for the Iris, or flower-de-luce of bota- nifls. See the article Iris, Suppl.

The true Hcrmodaayle is the root of a fpecics of Colcbicum, or Meadoiu-f,.fron. See the article Me ad ovr-faffron, Suppl.

HERN, the lame with Heron. See the article Heron, Suppl. A Herri at fiege, among fportfmen, is one fending at the water-fide, watching for prey. Dia. Ruft. in voc.

HERN-/W, or Hernery, a place where the Herons breed. Id. ibid.

HERNANDIA, in botany, the name of a diftina genus of plants, the charaacrs of which are thefe : The petals of the flower are multifid, and placed in a circular order ; the male and female flowers ftand on diftina plants. There is no pe- ricarpium ; but the cup of the flower is very large, (welled, and roundifh ; containing a plicated oval nut, with only one cell, and a globofe nucleus, tirmxi Gen. Plant; p. 516. We know only one fpecies of this genus, which is the bcr- nandia, with a large umbilicated ivy- like leaf, commonly cal- led in the Weft- Indies Jack in a box.

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It is a native of Jamaica, Barbadoes, and other parts of the Welt-Indies; and is propagated among us in the gardens of the curious, by only Towing the feed in a hot-bed in the fprine.

- ihey malt be conftantly kept in the back ftove. Vid. Mil- ler's Gard. Dia. in voc.

HERRIOT. See Hariot, Cycl.

HETEROPYR^, in natural hiftory, the name of a genus of ferrugineous foffils, compofed of fevcral coats, inclofing a nu- cleus of a different fubftance from themfclves, and often loofe, and rattling in them. See the article Sideroch-ita. Append. Of this genus there are the following fpecies : j. The hard bderopyra, with brown and purplifli cruris, and a whitifh- green nucleus. 2. The rough, purplifli betcropyra. 3. The mil-fliapen betcropyra, with ferrugineous, red, and dufky yellow crufts, and a greenifti-white nucleus. 4. The yel- low brown, and black betcropyra, with a whitifh nucleus. 5. The yellow, ferrugineous, and purplifll-crefted betcropyra, with a pale-yellow nucleus. 6. The coarfe, yellow,' 'and brown- cruftcd betcropyra, with a brownifh-yellow nucleus. 7. 1 he coarle betcropyra, with brown, black, and oran°e- colour'd crufts, and a yellow nucleus. Hill. Hift. Eoff. p. 5 ?6.

lilGH-tapcr, in botany, a name by which fome call the Ver- bafcumoi botanifls. See the article Verbascum, Suppl

HILL, in the natural hiftory of the Earth, &c. See the article Mountain, Suppl. and Append.

HINNULAR1A, in zoology, a name given by fome authors to a Ipecles of Eagle. See the article Pygargus, Suppl.

HIPPO, in zoology, the name of a fpecies of Coluber, thefcuta of whofe abdomen are one hundred and fixty, and the fquamse of the tail one hundred. See the article Coluber, Append

HIPPURIS (Suppl.)—P\l ay has made a great confufion of plants under this name. The amients called the Hippuris, or hnrfe- tall, Polygonum, on account of its having fo many joints in its italics and branches ; this name confounded it with the knot- grafs and Pliny has made a defeription from the accounts of different authors, which has the charaacrs and qualities of both, and therefore fuits neither.

It is ealy however to trace his errors ; where he fpeaks of the ftalka being naked, rufh-like, and brittle, it is plain that he is (peaking of the Horfe-tail; and where he gives itfmalloval and pointed leaves, it is equally certain that he means this of the knot-grafs ; but he adds in one place, that it has a Iar»e fpreading root, that it grows in woods and fliady places, and that it bears a round fruit like a coriander-feed. Thefe are charaaers belonging neither to the horfe-tail nor knot-grafs ; and might feem to befpeak this Hippuris a plant different from both ; but it rather appears, that Pliny has brought in by an error of his own a third plant, to perplex the cafe, and is heretranferibing fome author's aceount of theSolomon's- (eal, or polygonatum, a name founding like the word poly- gonum, and eafily miftaken for the fame word, by fo hafty a writer as this author appears to have been. He had before err'd in his opinion, that the polygonum and horfe-tail were the lame plant ; and here taking the polvgonatum to be the fame plant with the polygonum, he has not fcrupled to attribute to the horfe-tail whatever he found recorded of the polygonatum.

Hippuris is alfo a name given by Dillenius to the Chara of Linnaeus, a diftina genus of plants. See (lie article Cha- ra. Suppl.

HTND-calf, a female hart of the firft year. She fawns in April and May. Her flefh is fofter than that of a hart, but not fo favoury, and is dreft after the fame manner. If it beroaffed, it ought to be larded, dipt in a marinade or pickle, and moift- ened while it is roafting.

HITCHEL,the fame with Hatcbcl. See Hatchel, Appmd.

HITCHING, in horfemanihip, is to wriggle or move forwards by degrees, or to knock the legs together in walking. Dia. Ruft. in voc.

HIV h-drojs, a name fometimes given to crude or rough wax. See the article Wax, Suppl.

HOCK, the 1 feme with H&m. See Ham, Cycl.

HOG's-fennel, in botany, the Englifh name of a genus of plants, called by botanifls Peucedanum. See the article Peuceda- num, Suppl.

Hoc-plum, the name of a diftina genus of plants, called by authors Spoudias. See the article Spondias, Suppl.

Hoc-weed, the name of a diltina genus of plants, called by LinilKUS Bocrbaavia. See the article Boehhaavia Suppl.

HOLIBUT, or Holybut, in ichthyology, a name given by the people of fome parts of England to the Turbott in general ; but in other parts, only to the larger fifties of that fpecies.

HOLLI, the Indian name for what the Spaniards call ulli j a refinous liquor, which flows fpontaneouily from the ttee Holouagbuyil, or Cbilli. It is often mixed with chocolate in the making, in the proportion of one fourth part : it gives the chocolate in this cafe no very difagreeable flavour ; and it becomes a very powerful medicine in dyfenteries. It is ufual, however, before the making it, to mix the cacao and Holli on an iron plate, and torrify them thoroughly together. Ray'i Hift. Plants.

HOL-