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BRITISH HERBAL. 
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GENUS VII. 
HEMP. 
CANNABIS. 
THE flowers are male and female upon fcparate plants. The male confills of five fmall fila- 
ments, placed in a cup, divided into five fcgments. The female have twoftyles, placed on the 
rudiment of 'the feed in a cup that burfts fideways. The feed is enclofcd, as it ripens, in this cup. 
Linnaeus places this among the diivcia fmtandria. 
The Common Hemp. 
Cannabis vulgaris. 
The root confifts of many fibres, conneftcd to 
an oblong head. 
The ftalk is thick, tough, ftriated, and four 
feet high. 
The leaves are large, and divided in the man- 
ner of fingers, and of a dulky green. 
The flovi-ers on the male plants are whitidi. 
thofe on the female of a pale green : thefe lad 
only ripen feed. 
It is wild in Scotland, but fmall. We culti- 
vate it here in fields for the fervice of the hnnen 
manufaftory. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cannabis mas et fxmhm. 
An emulfion of hemp-itzi has fingly cured 
jaundice. 
GENUS Vill. 
DOGS MERCURY. 
CTNQCRAM.BE. 
THE towers arc of two kinds, male and female, on the fame plant. The male confift of nu- 
mL'rous filaments, in a cup which fplics into two parts, and thofe turn back. In the female 
the cup is of like form ; but in it is only a fingle ftyle, fixed to the rudiment of a fruit, which, when 
ripe, is rough, and holds a fingle feed. ... 
- ■ ■ Dogs Mercury. 
Cymcramk vulgaris. 
The root is fibrous, white, .Tnd fprcading. 
I he ftalk is green, round. Juicy, and a foot 
high. 
The leaves are placed in pairs and they are 
green, fredi, ol?long, ferrated, and pointed. 
The male flowers grow at the tops of the ftafks 
in fmall, greeniG-r fpikes. 
The feeds rife on fmall footftalks in thebofom 
of the leaves ; and are of a tefticulated form. 
If is common under hedges, and flowers in 
April. 
C. Bauhine calls it Mercurialis montana tejlicu- 
lata. Others, X^ynocrambe, 
The plant ispoifonous, and has defl:royed many 
perfons. 
G E 
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F R E N C H 
U S IX. 
IVI E R C U R Y. 
M E R C U R I A L I 
THE flowers are male and female, and they grow on feparate plants. The male flower confifts 
of nine filaments, placed in a fmall cup, cut into three fegments. The female is compoled 
of a like cup, in which are placed two ftyles upon a rounded gcrmcn, and two neftaria at its fides. 
The fecd-veflel is tefl;iculated. 
"Linnaius juflly fepararcs this" from the former, Ray inadvertently joins them as fpccles of one 
"enus. 
French Mercury. 
Mercurialis annua glabra. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is a foot high, very much branched, 
and thick let with leaves : thefe are oblong, fer- 
rated, and of a beautiful green. 
The male flowers are greenifli, and grow in 
flender fpikeS on fome plants. The female rife 
from the bofoms of the leaves in others ; and are 
alfo little and greenifli. 
It is common about hedges, and flowers in 
May, 
C. Bauhine calls it Mercurialis mas et fxmina. 
GENUS 
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