PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 

 Petals None. 



Rumex acetosa, 



Polygonace.«. 

 F. B. I. V. 60. 

 Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Cannabis sativa, 

 Indian Hemp, 



Bhang. 



IjRTICACEyE. 



F. B. I. V. 487. 

 The Plains to 9,000 ft. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Hiighes- 

 Buller). 



Girardinia heteropliylla, 



Key. 



Urticace/e. 

 F. B. I. V. 550. 

 Himalaya, 5-8,000 ft. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Simla (Collett). 



like the last species, but male and female flowers 

 on separate plants, branches few, racemes leafless,. 

 outer sepals reflexed. 



large, annual, stems gooved, felted, branches few,. 

 erect, slender, a common weed, also cultivated,leaves 

 4-8 in. diam., opposite, stalked, much divided, upper 

 leaves 1-5 lobed, lower 5-11 lobed, linear-lanceolate, 

 middle lobe longest, coarsely and sharply toothed,, 

 long pointed, wedge-shaped at the base, dark green 

 above, downy below, stipules lateral, awl-shaped, 

 bristly ; flowers greenish yellow, small, male and 

 female on separate plants, males clustered in short, 

 axillary, drooping branched racemes, calyx of 5 seg- 

 ments, segments boat-shaped, petals none, stamens 

 5, filaments long, thread-like, females crowded, ses- 

 sile in the axils of leafy bracts, style arms 2, thread- 

 like ; achenes 1-12 in., flattened, hard, enclosed in. 

 the persistent bracts. The intoxicating drugs, 

 ganja and charas consist of the resin obtained from 

 the stem, young leaves and flowers, bhang is merely 

 the dried leaves and achenes. Hemp is obtained 

 from the fibrous stems. 



large, annual, root perennial, stem and branches 

 furrowed, covered with very long stinging hairs like 

 a nettle; leaves 4-12 in. long and broad, long-stalked, 

 3-nerved from the base, broadly ovate, upper leaves 

 3-5 lobed, heart-shaped at the base, sharply toothed, 

 stipules large, united, leaf-like, divided at the tip ; 

 flowers small, green, sessile, closely crowded, male 

 and female on the same or separate plants, when 

 male and female are together, the male are in nearly 

 cylindric clusters on the lower part of the spike, and 

 the female in clustered heads in the upper part,, 

 when separate, male in long slender, often branched 

 spikes, and female in short oblong spikes, in fruit 

 becoming thick and densely bristly ; male flowers ^ 



