436 CANNABINACEAE 
Stigma elongate. Achene included in the 
little changed calyx.—Few species, mostly 
Asiatic. 
1. R. niveum (L.) Small. Stem and 
s more or less woody, 1-3 m. tall: 
,t 
dens a white dieses cent: achene about 
mm. DE [Boehmeria nivea (L.) Ga taj 
—( RAMIE. )— Waste places, cult. E 
S. C. Nat. of Asia. 
Famity 2. CANNABINACEAE — Hemp FAMILY 
Annual or Dd often eoarsely pubescent herbs. Leaves oppo 
site or sometimes alternate: blades toothed, lobed, or divided. Flow 
don. the pistillate in bracted spikes, with an entire perianth, nd. a 
an 
ynoecium of 2 united earpels, the ovary l-e rui achene.— 
Two genera and about 4 species of the Northern oee 
Stem twining: leaf-blades usually 3-lobed : fruit a drooping con 1. HUMULUS. 
Stems erect : leaf-blades 3-7- -parted : fruit spicate on stiff branches. 2. CANNABIS. 
HUMULUS L. Perennial vines. Leaves opposite: blades serrate or 
et Pistillate flowers 2 together in droop- 
ing spikes which become cone-like at maturity. 
—Two or 3 species widely distributed in the 
north temperate zone.—HoPs 
lc H. L. Stem and bra 
pubescent with pd a, re ades 
o 
diameter, 3—6-lobed and. Sa e ei 
serrate: mature pistillate spikes 3-8 cm. 
long, dis or cylindric: achene d 
m n diameter.—(Hor.)—Grown for 
the bitter "hops—the fruits—which ie Pad 
in brewing.—Thickets, fence- A and waste- 
places, various provinces, Fla. to Ariz., Wis., 
and N. S. Nat. of Eurasia.—Sum. 
2. CANNABIS [Tourn] L. Annual coarse herbs. Leaves opposite or 
sprees blades digitately divided. Pistil- "A 
ate flowers solitary, bracted, spieate at m 
m E by the following enl 
only.—HEMPS 
1. C. sativa L. Stem 1-4 m. tall, rough- 
pubescent, the inner bark tough: 
ades cm ivisi 
-— 
— 
blades 4-15 . lon divisions sat 
linear or linear-lanceolate, serrate, acumi- 
ate: t pistillate spikes leafy- 
bracted: ache A ng. 
(Hemp. HANGMAN'S-HEMP.)— —Waste-places 
and ip eae various porius Si -: 
Tenn. Kans., Minn, 
and B. 
Asia. Ao — Hemp is Peel both. bes 
