CANNABINACEZ, 341 
the free libre, one of the elements of its bark, makes this plant 
eminently precious to man. 
The Hemp is a dicecious herbaceous annual, with opposed lower 
leaves. The upper leaves are often alternated and deeply intersected, 
with from five to seven acuminate or linear lanceolated segments, 
strongly dentated, rough, and of a pale green colour underneath 5 
two lateral stipules accompany them. The male flowers are disposed 
in bunches, and are composed of a calyx with five divisions and five 
stamens, with bilocular 
anthers opening from 
within by two longitu- 
dinal clefts, opposite to 
them. The female 
flowers are disposed in 
axillary leafy glome- 
rules, and present a 
calyx formed by two 
divisions and a pistil 
composed of an upper 
ovarium, surmounted 
by a short style, with 
very long filiform stig- we 
mata. The unilocular == 
ovarium encloses a °/~ 
single ovule. The fruit “ 
is an Achenium; the 
seed, without albumen, 
2 an embryo Fig. 381.—Female Flower of Cannabis sativa. 
folded upon itself, 
It is from another species of the Hemp (Cannabis Indica) that 
the Indians make the intoxicating liquor commonly known under 
the name of Huaschich. The Orientals make a deplorable abuse 
of its intoxicating powers. 
The Hop (Humulus lupulus), a perennial plant, with voluble 
stems and opposite lobated leaves in the shape of a Palm, belongs 
to the same family as the Hemp. It is found wild in Europe in 
hedges and upon the banks of rivers. ‘The Hop is cultivated in 
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