NETTLE FAMILY. 299 
Srivetna Urtica. Small Stinging-nettle, 
Ann Stem 8 ~12 inches high, erect. Leaves 1-2 inches long, obtuse or somewhat 
enti 4 ui — ~~ 
Waste es. New York State and Eastward. 
shine nate ed weeds, so well ween for re stinging quale 
udles 
Piste 
0 become 
Sol are allo wanes o flourish. ‘The whe old h balist, ee ae 
een “ that th ey may be “nie by J filing on the soy 
me parts of England nettles t-herb, and wet tough 
bark Is said to afford a thread ape in durability : ay from flax. 
There is a geet native nettle which is now plac another ge- 
nus (Lapo’ r’tea ¢ naden sis, rae the Wood-nettle, , whick is not 
inclined ‘to pie op ye cultivated lands. 
8. CAN’NABIS, Tournef. Heme. 
+ }, 
[An ancient Greek name,—of b 
Staminate Ft., in axillary co Hn racemes, Or pale with 5 sepals 
anid 5 drooping stamens. PistiLuaTE FL., spicate-glomerate, with single 
bracts. Ca/yz of a single mentee ranaceous sir Be a folded around the sub- 
globose ovary. Nut 1- celled, 2-valved, inde 
i:0. rong va, L. Leaves digitate, petiolate; leaflets 5 ~ 7, lanceolate, 
serra 
as Caynazis. Hem 
Fr. Le Chanvre. Germ. Der Hanf Span. Cahamo. 
ae nual. = 5-8 or yes feet pa —— — a d sulcate, scabrous-ptbes- 
a chime brad Leaves mostly opposite (the upper ones often alternate) + leaflets 
3-5 inches lok ng outside or r tatoral 0 ones aay smaller than the agri 
tire spocialy on Se staminate p “ot ; common 1=2 or 3 inches wed o dean 
la neeolate. nate flowers gree vin loose somal epee ry ao ; rather 
a f den _ nicle a summit. Figen lary, sessile, mostly 
acuminate, pubescent, green enema 
in pairs Chips 6 ubglo obos 
slender r, dense ly puhenisnt, somewhat tawn Nut ovoi 4, slightly conapeauael, smooth, 
greenish, reticulated with whitish veins, enclosed i in the persisten calyx, 
Cultivated. Native of Pers Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 
Obs. This plant—so. ‘mipodbant. Commerce and the Arts—is culti- 
vated on a large scale in Ken ine) and sn ots of tefl we 
- States ; but only to a limited extent in the middle and northern 
tates, 
9. HU’MULUS, L, Hop, 
{Latin, Humus, moist earth, or mould ; in allusion to ite place of growth.] 
Sraminate Ft. in loose oblong axillary-panicles wip B 5 coals, sed 
erect stamens. Pisrina’ an Vs, in tho sho rt axillary aod pre 
ee egy penct. folineoous, i imbrioated in veal iene ng Poteee 3 
branaceous seale-like enlarg , its folde | mar- 
