638 ORDER 116. EMPBTRAOE^E. 



short petioles ; upper spikes long and sterile, lower short, dense, fertile. Borders 

 of ponds. S. W. States. St. strict, 2 to 3f high, very rough. Lvs. 3 to 5' long, a 

 fourth as wide, thick, on petioles 4 to 7'' long. Fertile spikes as long as the pet- 

 ioles, sterile nearly as long as the leaves. 



5. PARIETA'RIA, Tourn. PELLITORY. (Lat. paries, a wall ; some 

 of the species prefer to grow on old walls.) Flowers moncecio-polyga- 

 inous, in clusters, surrounded by a many-bracted involucre. $ Calyx 

 4-sepaled ; stamens 4, at first incurved, elastically expanding. $ Calyx 

 tubular-campanulate, 4-lobed, inclosing the ovary; stigma tufted ; ache- 

 mum polished, inclosed within the persistent calyx. Herbs weed-like, 

 with usually alternate Ivs. Clusters of green fls., axillary. 



1 P. Pennsylvcinica Mulil. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, veiny, tapering to an obtuse 

 point, entire, punctate with opaque dots ; invol. longer than the flowers. CD A 

 rough, pubescent herb, found in damp, rocky places, Vt. to TVis. and Ga. Stem 

 erect, simple or sparingly branched, 6 12' high. Leaves alternate, entire, hairy 

 and rough, about -' wide and 3 or 4 times as long, petiolate, and ending with an 

 obtuse acumination. Segments of the involucre about 3, lance-linear. Flowers 

 dense, greenish and reddish white. May, June. 



2 P. Floridana Nutt. Lvs. roundish-ovate, obtuse, as long as the petiole, opaquely 

 punctate ; fls. as long as the involucre. (D Damp, sandy soils, Ga. and Fla. St, 

 decumbent at base, branches erect, 10 to 12' high. Lvs. small, 1' long, including 

 the filiform petiole, 3 to 5" wide. Bracts linear. May Oct. 



6. HU'MULUS, L. HOP. (Lat. humus, moist earth; the hop grows 

 only in rich soils.) Flowers $ $ . $ Calyx 5-sepaled ; stamens 5 ; 

 anthers with 2 pores at the summit. $ Bracts imbricate, large, entire, 

 concave, persistent, 1-flowcred, forming an oblong ament ; calyx of 1 

 sepal; membranous, entire, persistent ; styles 2; achenium invested by the 

 thin calyx ; embryo coiled. ^ Twining with the sun. Lvs. opposite. 

 Fls. in axillary panicles and strobile-like aments. 



H. lupuLus L. The hop-vine is found wild in hedges, &c., throughout this country. 

 and is, as every one knows, extensively cultivated for the sake of its ament-like 

 fruit. It has a long, annual stem of rapid growth, always twining witli the sun. 

 rough backwards with reflexed prickles. Leaves very rough, generally 3-lobed, 

 deeply cordate at base, on long stalks. Flowers of the barren plants innumer- 

 able, panicled, greenish ; those of the fertile, in aments with large scales. Cal. 

 and scales in fruit covered with reddish, resinous atoms (lupulin) in which the 

 virtue resides. JX 



7. CAN'NABIS, Tourn. HEMP. Flowers $ $ . $ Calyx 5-partcd ; 

 stamens 5. $ Calyx entire, oblong-acuminate, opening longitudinally 

 at the side ; styles 2 ; caryopsis 2-valved, inclosed within the persistent 

 calyx ; embryo curved. (J) Lvs. opposite, digitate. Fls. axillary, $ in 

 cymous panicles, $ in sessile spikes. 



C. sativa L. Lvs. palmately 5 to 7 -foliate. The hemp springs up spontaneously 

 in our hedges and waste grounds. It is a tall, erect plant, with handsome petio- 

 late leaves. Lils. lancfeolate, serrate, 3 to 5' long, } as wide, the middle one 

 largest. Fls. small, green, solitary and axillary in the barren plants, spiked in 

 the fertile ones. It is cultivated in Ky., Tenn., &c., as one of the staples. Jn. 

 India. 



ORDER CXVI. EMPETRACE^E. CROWBERRIES, 



Shrubs low, evergreen, heathlike, with crowded, narrow leaves and small, diclin- 

 ous flowers. Calyx of 4 to G, hypogynous, persistent, imbricated scales, the inner 

 often colored. Stamens 1 or 3, pollen grains quaternate. Ovary free, 2 to 9-celled ? 



