URTICALS. 76 NETTLEWORTS, 
THE URTICAL ALLIANCE (V. K., p. 258.) 
Natural Orders of Urticals. 
Hettlewarts (Urticacee.) Ovule erect. Embryo straight. Juice 
watery. 
Hempwarts (Cannabinacece.) Ovule suspended. Juice watery. 
Marass (Moracee.) Ovule suspended. Juice milky. 
Artocarpats (Artocarpacee.) Ovule suspended. Embryo straight. 
Juice milky. 
Natural Order, Pettlemarts; Urticacew (V. K., p. 260.) 
Prevailing Quality. Acrid; narcotic. 3 
Urtica. Linneeus. 
Male: Calyx 4-parted. Stamens 4, elastic. Female: Calyx 2-parted. 
J sessile, capitate, pencilled. 
1. U. dioica Linneus.—(Larcer Stivcine Nerrte. 
Leaves coarsely serrated ; panicles axillary, longer than the petioles. — 
Habitat. Waste places. 
Quality. Poisonous, acrid ; astringent, diuretic. 
Uses. Young shoots in broth ; flogging with nettles in arthritis and paralysis. 
PanretTarta. Linneeus. 
Calyx of both sexes 4-parted. Style filiform. Stigma capitate, pencil 
» P. officinalis Linneus.—(Watt Peturrory.) 
Leaves ovate ; stems prostrate, spreading, branched. 
Habitat, Old walls all over Europe. 
Quality, Diuretic, lithontriptic. 
Uses, In calculous and urinary affections ; in dropsies, 
Natural Order, Hempwarts ; Cannabinaceee (V. K., p. 265.) 
Prevailing Quality, Narcotic. 
Cannasis. Linnceus. 
Flowers diccious. Male: Calyx 5-parted. Stamens 5. Female 
_ Leaved, rolled up. Styles 2. 
1, C. sativa Linneus.—(Heme.) Fig. 116. 
Leaves digitate, serrated ; flowers axillary. 
Habitat. India and Persia, 
Quality. Stimulant, narcotic ; allays pain ; excites appetite ; a certain aphrod 
i. produces catalepsy ; causes delirium. 
Uses, Rheumatism, tetanus, hydrophobia, cholera. 
