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8. ULMACEiE. 16. Ulmus, 
Woods and hedges ; arborescent ; April. 
Bark of the twigs smooth, coming off easily; flowers 
larger than those of the witch elm, appearing on younger 
trees than those of the common elm ; leaves much resembling 
those of the hasel, but the point is sharper. — Wood not so 
valuable as the common elm, used formerly for long bows 
for poor persons; and for magical purposes, whence its 
name. 
5. Ulmus major. Great elm . 
Leaves unequally serrated, rough, unequal at bottom ; 
flowers nearly sessile, 4-lobed ; samara reverse-ovate, naked. 
Ulmus major, Engl Bot. 2542. 
Ulmus Holland ica, Mill. Diet. 
Cultivated in hedges ; arborescent ; March. 
Branches spreading; bark corklike, wrinkled; samara 
scarcely cut. 
Fam. IX. 9. URTICE^E. 
Flowers unisexual or hermaphrodite ; perigonium simple, 
free, 3 or 5-cut, persisting. — M ale. Stamens 3 to 5, in- 
serted into the base of the perigonium. — F emale. Ovary 1, 
free ; styles 2, 1 or 2-lobed ; stigmata 2 ; utriculus dry, 
1 -seeded; seed pendent; perispermO; corculum straight or 
spirally twisted; radicle above.— Stem herbaceous; leaves 
alternate, rarely opposite, mostly stipuled ; flowers solitary, 
amentaceous or spiked. 
A. Stamens 4 ; stigma I. 
Flowers racemose, the female bivalve .... Urtica. 18. 
Flowers in a common involucrum .... Parietaria. 19 . 
B. Stamens 5 ; stigmata 2. 
Flowers , the female in a dense spike .... Lupulus. 17. 
Flowers , the female axillary Cannabis. 20. 
Flowers in a common involucrum .... Xanthium. 21. 
I. 17. LUPULUS. Brunsfel. Hop. 
Flowers dioicous. — M ale. Flowers racemose ; perigonium 
5-parted ; stamens 5 ; filaments short ; anthers oblong. — 
Female. Flowers in dense verticillate spikes; perigonium 
2-sepaled ; sepales membranaceous, persistent, unequal ; 
outer very large, ovate, involute at the base ; inner small, 
reversely ovate; ovary 1; styles 2; stigmata 2; utriculuS 
