Heucher) -Hew-ker-uh: Alum-root,
and (H. sanguinea) Coral-bells.
Hibbertia (for English botanist George
Hibbert)-Hib-bert-ee-uh.
Hibiscus (classic name for marsh-mal-
low)-Hye-bisk-us: Rose-mallow.
Hidalgoa - Hye-dal-goh-uh: Climbing-
dahlia.
Hieracium (plant-hawk) - Hye-er-ray-
see-um: Hawkweed.
Hippeastrum (horse-star, of uncertain
significance, probably fanciful)-Hip-
ee-ast-rum: Superseded generic name
for what is now both generically and
commonly known as an amaryllis.
Hippocrepis (horse-shoe, as to shape of
pod) -Hip-poh-kreep-iss.
Hippophae - Hip-poff-uh-ee: Seabuck-
thorn.
Hoffmannia (for German botanist
Georg Hoffmann)-Hof-man-ee-uh.
Hoheria-Hoh-beer-ee-uh.
Holodiscus (entire-disk, as to flower
character ) - Hol-oh-disk-us.
Homalanthus (like-flowers) - Hom-al-
anth-us.
Homalocephala (like-headed) - Hom-
al-oh-Seft-al-uh.
Homalocladium (like-branched, prob-
ably as to stems and canes of its
single species) -Hom-al-oh-klay-dee-
um: Ribbon-bush, Centipede-plant.
Homalomena-Hom-al-oh-mee-nuh.
Hordcum (classical name for barley) -
Hord-ee-um.
Horminum (classical name for sage)-
Hor-mye-num.
Hosta (for German botanist N. T. Host)
Hohst-uh: Plantain-lily.
Houstonia (for English botanist Wil-
liam Houston) -Hoos-to/i-nee-uh.
Hovea-Hoh-vee-uh.
Hovenia (for Dutch botanical patron
David Hoven) - Hoh-veen-ee-uh:
Japanese raisin-tree.
Howea (for Lord Howe's Island in the
South Pacific, its habitat) - How-
ee-uh.
Hoya (for English gardener Thomas
Hoy)-Hoy-uh: Wax-plant.
Hudsonia (for English botanist Wil-
liam Hudson) - Hud-soh-nee-uh:
Beach-heather.
Huernia (for plant collector Justus
Huernius)-Hew-ern-ee-uh.
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Humata (of-the-earth, as to creeping
rhizomes) - Hew-may-tuh: Bears-
foot-fern.
Humea (for Lady Hume of Australia)
-Hew-mee-uh.
Humulus-Hew-mew-lus. Hop.
Hunnemannia (for English botanical
patron John Hunnemann)-Hun-em-
man -ee-uh: Mexican tulip-poppy,
Golden-cup.
Hutchinsia (for a Miss Hutchins, Irish
botanist)-Hut-chin-see-uh.
Hyacinthus (for mythical character so
named) - Hye-uh-sinth-us: Hya-
cinth.
Hydrangea (water-capsule, as to cup-
shaped fruit)-Hye-drayn-jee-uh.
Hydrastis (water, perhaps as to its
moisture nature) - Hye-drass-tiss:
Goldenseal, Orange-root.
Hydrocleis (water-key, perhaps as to
aquatic conditions it requires)-Hye-
droh-klees: Water-poppy.
HydrophyHum (water-leaf) -Hye-droh-
fill-um: Water-leaf.
Hydrosme - Hye-dross-mee: Devils-
tongue.
Hylocereus (wood-cereus, as to tree-
climbing habit)-Hye-loh-seer-ee-us.
Hymenaea (for the night closing of the
paired leaflets)-Hye-men-nee-uh.
Hymenanthera (membrane-flower, as to
flower structure) - Hye-men-anth-er-
uh.
Hymenocallis (membrane-beauty, as to
the webbed filaments) - Hye-men-oh-
kal-iss: Spider-lily.
Hyophorbe (food-for-swine, as to its
fleshy fruit) - Hye-oh-forb-ee: Pig-
nut palm.
Hyoscyamus (hog-bran, perhaps be-
cause it poisoned foraging hogs) -
Hye-oh-sye-am-us: Henbane.
Hypericum - Hye-pehr-ik-um: St.
Johns-wort.
Hypochoeris - Hye-poh-keer-iss: Cats-
ear.
Hypolepis (underneath-scale, for posi-
tion of spore-cases)-Hye-pol-ep-iss.
Hypoxis (underneath-sharp, as to leaf
pod base)-Hye-pax-iss: Star-
grass.
Hyssopus-Hiss-op-us: Hyssop.
Hystrix (porcupine, for barbed termi-nal-
spikelets) - Hist-nx: Bottle-brush-
grass.
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