HAMAMELIS

(Lat.), n. f. Ham(ham)-am(am)-e(a)'li>8. Gen., -eiidot (-idis). Gr., AfMpf Fr., hnmamelis, ham am elide. Ger., //., Zauberatranch. 1. The witch-hazel; a genus of the Hamamelacece (Fr., ham a>n6lacte), which are: Of Lindley. an order of calycifloral dicotyledons, of the Umbellales. The lliitiinmeleae are, of Torrey, Gray, and Endlicher, a tribe of the H. (or [De Candollel of the ffamameltdecR, or [i.indley] of the Hamamelidacece, which [and also tin- HamamtHdece or R. Brown] are the Hanuinifltirrii'}. Tinll Fr. IIHIIKIIIII linpi-x) of Brongniart are a cla of the Dialf/petalce perigynce. 9. Of the U. 8. I'M. tinfresh leaves of H. virginica, [B, 5. 19. 34, 42. 170 (a, 24).] Aqua liamainHi<li [Nat. Form.]. \V'itch-ha/.<-l water: prepared by mat'erating 10 pounds of the fresh young twigs and shoots of H. A. ape: A. at; A, ah; A, all: Ch, chin; Ch. loch 'Scottish); [s. 282]