772 DiOECiA PENTANDRU. Cannabis, 



ternate, the lower ones very long-petioled, variously lobed 

 with lobes of an acute triangular shape, smooth on both sides. 

 Male. Flowers on long- terminal glomerate spikes, and on 

 shorter ones from the axills ; very numerous, sessile. Calyx 

 four-parted. Stamens four. Anthers twin, very large. Fe- 

 male. 7^/o?rers axillary, sessile, crowded. Crt^7/:\; two-tipped, 

 with a projecting horn in each side, growing into spines when 

 the seed is ripe. Styles generally four, white, tapering. Cap- 

 sule one-celled, one-valved, armed, with two opposite short 

 horns, and crowned with the small remaining calyx. 



CANNABIS. Sckreb.gen. N. 1522. 



Male. Cfi/yaj five-parted. Carol none. Female. Calyx 

 one-leaved, entire, opening on the side. Corol none. Styles 

 two. Seed solitary, shut in the calyx. Embryo curved, in- 

 verse, without perisperm. 



C. saiiva. Willd. iv. 768. 



Sans. Banga, or Ganjika. 



Arab. Kinnab. 



Hind, and Pers. Bang. 



Beng, Ganga. 



Teling. Ganjai. 



Cannabis Indica. Rumph. Anib. v. t. 77. 



Kalengi cansjava. Rlieed. Mai. x. t. 60. the male; T^syeru 

 cansjava, <. 61. the female. 



Indigenous amongst the hills and mountains north of India, 

 and common every where in the gardens of the natives 

 throughout Asia. The leaves of the male plant, as well as 

 the flowers of the female are dried, and mixed with to- 

 bacco for smoking-. They also bruise and mix with water 

 for drinking the flowers of the male plant ; this preparation 

 is called Siddhee. They are all powerfully narcotic. The 

 bark they make no use of in India, though equally strong, 

 when carefully prepared, as the hemp of Russia. But 



