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URTICACE.E 



1 . H. Liipiilus (Common Hop). — A beautiful twining plant 

 witli very rtjugh, almost prickly, and very tough shoots (bine) ; 

 and palmatel)' 3 — s^lobtd leaves. The, slammate plants known as 

 "seeders'" are common in a wild state \ but not in hop-gardens. 

 The ripe catkins are ovoid and yellow, then" hituts co\ered with 

 resinous glands. — Hedgerows ; common. — I'd. July, August. Pe- 

 rennial. 



3. Urtica- (Nettle). — Herbs ox shrubs with tough inner liark 

 and stinging hairs ; leaves opposite, stipulate ; fioioers bracteate, 



HIML'I.US LUf'ULUS i^C<>mj;:0!i llof). 



4-merous ; perianth imbricate, persistent ; slaiueiis and ovarv in 

 separate flowers. (Name from the Tatin urn, I burn, from its 

 stinging properties.) 



I. IJ . dioUa. (fJreat Nettle). — iv/z/ctv^f, creeping with runners; 

 stem 2 — 4 feet high, seldom branched, pubescent ; leaves generally 

 cordate, deeply serrate ; llnwers in loijg, branched clusters. — .\ 

 common weed, too well known to need further description. — Fl. 

 June — September. Perennial. 



2.* U. piliil/jera (Roman Nettle). — With no hairs except the 

 stings, I — 2 feet high , leaves ovate, joarsely toothed ; fruit in 



