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ON HEMP. 5 



The leaves grow on opposite foot-stalks, two and two, and are 

 at their origin always accompanied by two stipules, which is the 

 name botanists give to the two leaflets which are found at the origin 

 of the leaves of many species of plants. The leaves (Plate II. A,) 

 are divided as far as the foot-stalks into four, five, or a greater num- 

 ber of narrow segments, oblong, pointed, deeply indented in the 

 margin, of a darker green colour on the upper than on the under 

 side ; rough, deeply furrowed above, and ridged beneath. 



The flowers and fruit (seed) grow upon separate plants. That 

 which bears the flowers (and is called the Flowering Hemp, Can- 

 nabis jlorifera Off ; Cannabis erratica, C. B. P. ; Cannabis foemina, 

 J. B. ; Cannabis sterilis, Dod. Pempt ; and generally Female 

 Hemp) should be called Barren or Male Hemp ; because it bears 

 the fecundating dust, without which the seed which grows on the 

 other plants would not arrive at maturity, or at least would not vege- 

 tate when sown. 



The plant which bears the fruit (seed), and which is called 

 Cannabis fructifera Off ; Cannabis sativa, C. B. P. ; Cannabis Mas, 

 J. B. ; Cannabis fcecunda, Dod. Pempt ; and commonly esteemed 

 the Male Hemp, should be called the Fructiferous, Fruit-bearing, 

 or Female Hemp ; because it is this plant which, assisted by the 

 fecundation which it receives from the male, bears seed capable of 

 reproducing individuals of both sexes. 



In general -the male Hemp (BE) is smaller, and all the parts 

 of it more delicate, than those of the female. The stem, which 



is 



