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charas of tlio bazaar and tbu basis of tlie native confection known as 'Majun.' As a 

 narcotic Hemp is consumed in three dilferent forms. The most expensive and most 

 harmful form is the confection prepared with ' charas,' sugar, and other ingredients, 

 forming a sort of ' charas ' tolTy. The dried leaves are also rubbed up with water 

 and made into a beverage called ' Subzi ' from its greenish colour, but the commonest 

 form used is tliat of '15aug,' the dried stalk and leaves of the plant which has flowered, 

 ■which is smoked just as tobacco is. The narcotic etlects of this herb are very pleasant 

 but if largely indulged in, the results are deleterious in the extreme, anil the sufferer 

 lapses into a condition analogous to delirium tremens, not unfrequentlj- accompanied 

 by symptoms of homicidal desire or mania, often productive of serious conseijucnces. 

 A blister on the nape of the neck, with salines and antimonials, are, however, all that 

 are required to restore the patient to his right mind. As a medicine the prei)arations 

 of hemp are of great value, especially in the treatment of that terrible disease Tetanus, 

 over \\liich it possesses a greater power than any other di-ug, and even when it fails 

 to cure, never fails to give relief. 



Order TJRTICEiE. 



Flowers diclinous or polygamous. Perianth various, imbricate or valvato, rarely 

 none. Stamens usually equal to the perianth-lobes. Filaments uncoiling olastically. 

 StyU simple or multitid. OvuJe erect, orthotropous. Emhriju straight, albuminous. 

 Herbs, rarely trees. Juice Limpid. Leaves stipulate. 



* Sttjle 1, simple. Orule solifari/, ereet. Seeds albuminous, sare in Elaiostemma. 

 X Perianth free, the female 4, rarely 2-parted. Often stinginy. 



URTICIEJC. 



Lapoetea, Gaudichaud. 

 (Juice limpid.) 



i^/oiP«rs dioecious or monoecious. Male perianth ■i~b-\iAv\.itc. Stamens 5. Ocary- 

 rudimetit present. Female perianth 4-partite, in fruit herbaceou.s. Stigma sessile, 

 linear, elongate (rarely short), villous, persistent. Achene discoid, smooth. Stinging 

 herbs, shrubs or trees. 



L. CEExuLATA, Gaud. F.S. •■' 



Ilpet-ya-gyi (Kurz). 



Bark smooth, with stinging hairs. T. F. of Chittagong, Pegu aud Tenasserim. 



Flowers minute, gi-een. 



This plant at some seasons, says Sir J. Hooker, emits when bruised so irritating 

 a vapour as to cause a running from the nose and eyes for some hours, and its sting 

 is said to produce fever. 



Elatostemma, Forster. 

 Albumen none. 

 E. NovAEiE, Kz.J' Nankowry. 



Near E. lineolatwn, but differs by its nigrescent leaves, different nervation, and 

 smaller flowers and flower-clusters. 



E. iNTEGRiFor.irw, Wedd. X Katchall. 



E. membuanifoi.ium, Kz. Tenasserim. 



" J7. lineolatcc, Wight, arcto affine, absentia striolarum autcm tute distingucndum," 

 Kmz.— J.A.S.B. ii. 1873, p. 104. 



' The species marked J are intercal.itcil in the present list from Kurz's list of Nicobar plants by 

 the Editor, and are not therefore assigned to the same place in tlto series that Kurz would probably 

 have placed Ihcm in. 



