2l8 PLANT ORGANS OR PARTS OF PLANTS. 



fine branching hairs, between which there are also glands. 

 Odor fragrant ; taste bitter, somewhat camphoraceous. 

 Constituents. — About 2 or 3 per cent, of volatile oil. 



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Fig. 58. — Hairs from Lavender. 



CANNABIS INDICA. INDIAN HEMP. 



Cannabis indica is the flowering tops of the female 

 plant of Cannabis sattva, L., growing in the East Indies. 

 This is a plant usually some eight to ten feet in height, 

 indigenous to parts of Persia and Asia, and widely culti- 

 vated in the Eastern countries. 



Description. — The drug usually appears in the shops in 

 flat, compressed masses of a dull greenish color. The 

 tops vary in size from 5 to 30 cm., and consist of straight 

 stems, with ascending branches, longitudinally furrowed 

 and bearing numerous small curved hairs and occasional 



