HEX APHYLLOUS

adj. Hex-as-fi2l'lu3s. Lat., hexaplnjllus (from If, six, and v\\ov, a leaf). Fr., hexaphylle. Ger.. sechsbldttrig. Composed of six leaves or six folioles (said of the perigone, involucre, etc.). The Hexaphyllce of Hill are a cla of herbs having as the type the genus Scheuchzeria. [B, 1, 123, 170 (a, 24).] [s. 335]