Aermon (anc. geog.); a moun- tain of the Amorites, called Sanior by the Phoenici- ans, and Sanior or Senir by the Amorites, on the east of Jordan. It is also called Sion, (Moses); but must not be confounded with the Sion of Jerusalem. By the Sidonians it was called Seirion; in the vulgar, it is called Sarion. Joshua informs us, that it was the dominion of Og king of Bashan; which must be un- derstood of its south side. It is never particularly mentioned by profane writers; being comprised under the appellation Libanus, or Antilibanus, with which mountain it is joined to the east. It is also called Her- monitis plurally, Psalm xlii. 6. because it was extensive, and contained several mountains.

Hermus, (anc. geog.), a river of Ionia; which rising near Dorylaeum, a town of Phrygia, in a moun- tain sacred to Dindymene or Cybele, touched Mytilene, and ran through the Regio Combusta, then through the plains of Smyrna down to the sea, carrying along with it the Pactolus, Hyllus, and other less noble riv- ers. Its waters were said to roll down gold, by Vir- gil and other poets.

Herinandria, Jack-in-a-box-tree: A gen- us of the triandra order, belonging to the monocoty- clads of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 3rd order, Triocota. The male calyx is tri- partite; the corolla tripetalous; the female calyx is trun- cated, quite entire; the corolla hexapetalous; the plum hollow, and open at the mouth or upper part, with a loose kernel.

Species. 1. The fomora, or common jack-in-a-box, is a native of both the Indies. It grows 20 or 30 feet high; and is garnished with broad peltate leaves, and monoecious flowers, succeeded by a large swollen hollow fruit formed of the calyx; having a hole or open at the end, and a hard nut within. The wind blowing into the cavity of this fruit makes a very whistling and rattling noise, whence comes the name. 2. The ovigera grows many feet high, garnished with large oval leaves not peltate; and monoecious flowers, succeeded by a swollen fruit open at the end, and a nut within.

Uses. The fomora, in Java, affords a sure antidote against poison, if you either put its small roots on the wounds or eat them; as was discovered to Rumphius by a captive woman in the war between the people of Ma- cafar and the Dutch in the year 1667. The soldiers of the former always carry this root about them, as a remedy against wounds with poisonous arrows.

Culture. Both these plants being tender exotics, must be planted in pots of rich earth, and always kept in a hot-house; in which, notwithstanding all the care that can be taken, they seldom flower, and never grow beyond the height of common shrubs, tho' in the places where they are natives they arrive at the height of trees. They are propagated by seeds procured from the West Indies.