<hw>Helmet-Orchis</hw>, <i>n.</i> This English name is applied in Australia to the orchid <i>Pterostylis cucullata</i>, R. Br.
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 168:
"I also found three varieties of a singular green orchis, of a helmet shape, growing singly, on rather tall slender footstalks."
<hw>Hemp, Queensland</hw>, <i>n.</i> name given to the common tropical weed <i>Sida rhombifolia</i>, Linn., <i>N.O. Malvaceae</i>. Called also <i>Paddy Lucerne</i>, and in other colonies <i>Native Lucerne</i>, and <i>Jelly Leaf</i>. It is not endemic in Australia.
<hw>Hemp-bush, <i>n.</i></hw> the plant <i>Plagianthus pulchellus</i>, A. Gray, N.O. Halvaceae, native of Australia and New Zealand. Though not true hemp (<i>cannabis</i>), it yields a fibre commercially resembling it.
<hw>He-Oak</hw>, <i>n.</i> See <i>Oak</i> and <i>She-Oak</i>.
Heron, <i>n.</i> common English bird-name. The species present in Australia are—
Ashy Reef H.—
<i>Demiegretta asha</i>, Sykes.
Great-billed H.—
<i>Ardea sumatrana</i>, Rafll.
Grey H.—
<i>A. cinerea</i>, Linn.