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Diagnosis. — ! 



1 1, i i ,.-. .,, ., u »h-fltemmed, wat< r_\ plants, with nit mate lob i stipulate li . 

 small inconspicaoos flowera Flowers .' £. $ in racemes or panicles. I 

 baceous, scaiy, imbricated. Stamens f< w, opposite tin- - ma : 



anthers terminal, 2-celled, opening lon- 

 gitedinally. in Bpikes "!• c 



l Bingle, enwrapping tlie ovai 

 ry free, I .-. lied ; ovule solitary, p< n- 

 dulou-, campylotropal ; stigmas 2, subu 

 late, sessile Fruit indemscent, with a 

 single Buspended Beed. Embryo without 

 albumen, hooked or spirally coiled : radicle 

 superior, lying against the back oftheeoty- 

 ledoi 



Tlnsr plants, formerlj regarded a- .. 

 < 1 i \ i - ■ >n ox Nettleworts, differ from that ' 

 Order in having their seeds susp aded, their 

 embryo coiled up. and in wanting albu- 

 men. To tin' Axtocarpads they approach 

 in technical characters, difTering chiefly 

 in their embryo ; bul thej have no milky 

 juice, and are widely different in appear- 

 ance. From Morads the) are hardly 

 distinguishable except bj the absen 

 albumen. 



Hempwortsare found wild in the tempe- 

 rate parte of tli'- ' >ld World, in the northern 

 hemisphere. The Hemp inhabits the 

 cooler parts of India, whence it has beer 

 transported to Europe; the Hop occurs 

 wild in the Smith Eastern provinces 

 Europe. 



The valuable fibre called Hemp, is produced by Cannabis sativa, 

 which i- hardly less celebrated For it- narcotic qualities. In the 

 elegant language of Endlicher, •• Emollitum exhilarat animum, 

 impotentibuE desideriis tristem stultam Uetitiam provocat el 

 jucundissima somniorum conciliat phantasmata." Th< Turks 

 employ il under the names of Hadschy and Malach. Linnaeus 



. phantastica, di mentens, anody n . 

 repellens. Even the Hottentots use it t" get drunk with, and < 

 call it Dacha. The Arabians name il Hashish. The Brazilian 

 Bavages delight in its use. It appears to owe it- narcotic it.>- 

 perties to the presence of a resin which is not formed in Europe. 

 This resin exudes in India from the leaves, slender branch 

 lected into masses it is thechurrasor cherr N l. Its i 



narcotic, it- teste slightly warm, bitterish, and acrid. Phar .. J 

 imbricated heads oi the common Hop, Humulus Lupulus, participate in I 

 and in like manner are used for the purpose of producing intoxicatii n,in I 

 of beer. Their scales arc scattered over with resinous Bpherical 

 easih rubbed off", and haw- a powerful agreeable odour, and bitter tast< ; t 

 tn consist nt an acrid, ethereal oil, an aromatic resin, wax, ■ 

 ciple called Lupuline, Bj pressure Hopheads yield a gre< a, I 

 of Hops. It- young shoots are eaten as Asparagus, md th< i 

 as a substitul I r S trsaparilla. 



\. 

 Cannabis, r. u Hum. i 





\i ■ Gen. 2. S] 



Position Url I 



I i.\\i\ — Hamulus Lupulus. 1. J flo« 

 tion of it. showing tb i embrj 



