82 WILD FLOWERS. 



tain to what origin they may be referred. Probably 

 to some superstition regarding the plant. Pensoeg 

 is merely a modern name, compounded from words 

 signifying the head (or frothy working) of the brew- 

 ing-tub. 



The hop is very widely distributed, but especially 

 in the Siberian steppes across the whole of the 

 Asiatic continent, attaining to its maximum in its 

 eastern districts, and circling almost every tree 

 through countless miles of uncultivated country. 



