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(woolly); 6 feet; flowers deep scarlet, in July; 1823. C.lat- 

 ifolia (broad-leaved) ; 10 feet ; flowers pink, in September ; 

 Brazil; 1820. C. Iwibata (bordered); 3 feet; flowers red, in 

 September; Brazil; 1818. C. bctea (yellow); 2 feet; flowers 

 yellow, in September ; East Indies ; 1829. C. Nepale7tsis (Ne- 

 paul) ; 6 feet; flowers straw-color, in August; Nepaul; 1862. C. 

 occidentals (Western); 3 feet; flowers reddish-yellow, in June; 

 West Indies; 1822. C. orientalis (Eastern); 4 feet; flowers red, 

 in June ; East Indies ; 1820. C. orientalis fiav a (yellow); 4 feet ; 

 flowers yellow, in June ; East Indies ; 1820. C. oriefttalis viacic- 

 lata (spotted) ; flowers scarlet and yellow, in August ; East 

 Indies; 1570. C. pallida (pale-flowering); 4 feet; flowers pale- 

 yellow, in June ; West Indies ; 1820. C. pallida latifolia (broad- 

 leaved) ; 3 feet; flowers yellow, in June; West Indies; 1820. 

 C. pate7is (spreading) ; 2 feet ; flowers reddish-yelloAV, in June ; 

 Rio Janeiro; 1778. C. pedunculata (long-flower-stalked); 6 

 feet; flowers orange, in October; 1820. C. polyniorplia (many- 

 formed) ; 3 feet; flowers red, in September; South America; 

 1825. C. Reevesii (Reeves's) ; 5 feet; flowers yellow, in June; 

 China; 1835. C. rubra (red); 3 feet; flowers red, in Septem- 

 ber ; West Indies ; 1820. C. riibricatilis (red-stemmed) ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers red, in July; 1821. C. sangidnea (bloody); 4 feet; 

 flowers red, in September; South America; 1820. C. speciosa 

 (showy); 3 feet; flowers red, in August; South America; 1820. 

 C. sylvestris (wild) ; 5 feet; flowers scarlet, in September; South 

 America; 1820. C. variabilis (variable) : 3 feet; flowers red, in 

 September; India; 1822. C. IVarszewiczii (W^irszeviicz's); 3^ 

 feet; flowers scarlet, in September; Costa Rica; 1849. 



Cannabis. Hemp. [Urticaceas.] Hardy, and an annual 

 in this country. Though insignificant in its flowers, the 

 Hemp is yet a stately plant when grown freely, remarkable 

 for its fine palmate foliage. It merely requires to be sown 

 in rich garden soil, and the plants allowed to stand out sep- 

 arately. In wilderness scenery it has a fine appearance. 



C. sativa (common) ; hardy annual ; 6 feet ; flowers green, in 

 June; India; introduction uncertain. 



