All families

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HAEMODORACEAE (G)
Bloodroot Family (Wf)

(h)aima, = blood;
dora, = a skin, hide.
(LS)

HALORAGACEAE (G, La)
Water Milfoil Family (Le)

(h)als, (h)alos, = the sea;
ora, = the extremity of a thing; the brder, brim, edge, margin, end, boundary; in particular, the coast, sea-coast.
(LS, ld)

HEDWIGIACEAE

Johann Hedwig (aka Johannes Hedwig or Joannis Hedwig) (1730-1799).**
(Ch)

HEMEROCALLIDACEAE (G)
Daylily (Wi)

hemera, = day, the light of day;
Hemera,** = the personification of the day.
calli-, = beautiful.
(LS, PG)

HYACINTHACEAE (La)
Hyacinth Family (Wf)

After Hyacinthus.**
(Ch)

HYMENOPHYLLACEAE (G)
Fern Family (Le)

hymen, = a skin, menbrane;
(thin skin, membrane)
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS, BL)

HYPNACEAE (G)
Moss ()

(h)ypnos, = sleep, slumber.
(ancient custom of using this moss as a filler for cushions and pillows)
(LS, Cl)

HYPOXIDACEAE (G)
Star-grass Family (Wf)

(h)ypo, = under, beneath;
(below, under, beneath)
oxys = sharp, keen, pointed; of taste, sharp, pungent.
(sharp, keen, shrill, pungent, acid)
(sharp pointed; alluding either to the seed-pod or the second row of tepals)
(LS, BL, Le)