COMMON HOP. | 465. 
flowers supported by a calyx-seale, which is ovate, 
acute, tubular at base. Corolla of one seale, 
obtuse, smaller than the calyx and placed one on 
each side of it, infolding the germ by their edge. 
Germ roundish, compressed ; styles two, short ; 
stismas long, subulate, downy. The scales of 
the calyx and corolla swell into a kind of persis- 
tent cone or ‘strobile, each flower coche 
roundish seed. ) bed eet 
The full grown strobiles constitute the part 
which is preserved for use and sold in its dried 
state under the name of Hops. These have an 
aromatic, heavy odour, - a strong, bitter, but 
not unpleasant taste. Besides the bitterness, 
they have the characteristic taste which is found 
in the leaves and other portions of the plant. On 
the outside of the scales of the calyx and corolla 
and near their base, is seereted a semi-resinous 
substance in the form of minute, yellow, trans- 
parent globules. This secretion appears to be 
the seat of the whole bitterness for which the hops 
are generally prized and consumed. Dr. Smith, 
in the English Botany, has observed, that the 
fragrance and essential properties of the hop 
reside in this resinous substance; and more 
recently an interesting series of experiments has 
heen published by Dr. A. W. Ives, of New York, 
