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Kichler (Btiitcndiag. \. p. 174) regards the labellum as a lat. sta. of 

 the inner whorl, and the fertile sta. together with all the stds. as the 

 post. sta. of the same whorl; the other sta. of the inner, and all the 

 sta. of the outer, whorl are wanting. The older view looks upon 

 /3, 7, as the 2 post. sta. of the outer whorl, and the labellum, a, and 

 the fertile sta. as the 3 sta. of the inner whorl. (Cf. this fl. with 

 those of Musaceae, Zingiberaceae and Marantaceae.) 



The pollen is shed upon the style in the bud ; insects alight on 

 the labellum. touch first the term, stigma and then the pollen. The 

 rhiz. of C. edulis Ker-Gawl. is ed., containing much starch. 



Cannabaceae (Warm ing) = iv. of Moraceae (q-v.). 



Cannabis (Tourn. ) L. Moraceae (iv). i Cent. As., C. saliva L., 

 the hemp. Infl. like Humulus c? , dioec. Hemp is largely cult, 

 both in temp, and trop. regions, in the former for the fibre, in the 

 latter for the drug. A valuable fibre, used for ropes and other 

 purposes, is obtained from the inner bark of the stem, much as flax 

 is prepared from Linum, and for this purpose the plant is cult, in 

 S. Eur., the eastern U.S., and other countries. In the trop., and 

 esp. in India, the pi. is cult, for the sake of the narcotic resin which 

 exudes from it, and which is used much like opium, both as a 

 drug and as a stimulant. The drug occurs in three common forms, 

 ganja, charas, and bhang. The first is the ? flg. tops with resin on 

 them, packed together, the second, which comes from rather cooler 

 climates, is the resin knocked off the twigs, bark, &c. , and the third, 

 which is largely obtained from the wild plants, is the mature L, with 

 their resinous deposit, packed together. Asiatics are much addicted 

 to the use of hemp as a narcotic. It is smoked, with or without 

 tobacco, and an intoxicating liquor, hashish, is made from it. The 

 resin has an intoxicating stimulating effect. In small quantities it 

 produces pleasant excitement, passing into delirium and catalepsy 

 if the quantity be increased. The names given to the plant among 

 them indicate this use of it, e.g. leaf of delusion, increaser of pleasure, 

 cementer of friendship. The sale of ganja and charas is kept in check 

 in India by a stringent licensing system, but that of bhang, which is 

 collected from the wild plants, is not so easy to control. 



Cannaceae (EP.; Scitamineae p.p. BH.}. Monocotyledons (Scitami- 

 neae). Only genus Canna (q.v.}. 



Cannomois Beauv. Restiaceae. 8 S. Afr. 



Cannon-ball tree, Couroitpita gnianensis Aubl. 



Canotia Torr. i Calif., New Mexico, doubtfully placed in Rutaceae, 

 but perhaps belonging to Celastraceae. 



Canscora Lam. Gentianaceae (l). 18 palaeotrop. 



Cansjera Juss. Opiliaceae. 4 trop. As., Austr. 



Cantaloupe, melon, Cucumis Melo L. 



Canterbury bell, Campanula. 



Cantharospermum Wi^ht et Arn. (AtylosiaBH.). Leguminosae (in. ro). 

 20 Madag. , trop. As. and Austr. 



Canthium Lam. = Plectronia L. (Rubiaceae). 



Canthopsis Miq. (A'am/ia p.p. EP.). Rubiaceae (l. 8). i Timor. 



Cantua Juss. Polemoniaceae. 8 Peru, Bolivia. 



Cantuffa Gmel. (Pterolobium R. Br.). Legum. (n. 7). 5 palaeotrop. 



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