ENGLISH PLANT NAMES. 
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Hemlock Dropwort. (Enanfhe fistulosa, L. — Ger. A translation 
of its old Latin name, Filipendula cicutce facie. In With. ed. ii. 
assigned to (E. crocata, L. 
Hemony. A plant mentioned by Milton in Comus. 
' The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, 
But in another country, as he said, 
Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil : 
Unknown, and like esteemed, and the dull swain 
Treads on it daily, with his clouted shoon : 
He called it Hemony.^ 
A writer in the Monthly Packet^ v. 467 (1863), speaking of Agrimonia 
Eupatoria, L. , says : ‘ It is, I believe, sold to this day in Bristol 
market under the name of Hcemony ; ’ but this requires confirmation. 
Hemp. The general name for Cannabis sativa^ L. — Lyte, Prior, p. 
108. 
Hemp, Barren. See Barren Hemp. 
Hemp, Bastard. (1) Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. — Ger. 
(2) Eupatorium cannahinum, L.-- Culpeper. 
Hemp, Carl, or Charle. See Carl Hemp. 
Hemp, Churl. See Churl Hemp. 
Hemp, Female. See Female Hemp. 
Hemp, Male. In old writers the female plants of Cannabis saliva^ 
L. See Carl-hemp. 
Hemp, Nettle. Galeopsis Tetrahit^ L. — Ger. 
Hemp, Thistle. ‘ A kind of early hemp.’ Hal. Cannabis saliva, L. 
Hemp, Water. Eupatorium cannabinum, L. — Ger. 
Hemp, V/ild. Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. — Ger. 
Hemp Agrimony. A common book-name for Eupatorium canna- 
binum, L. — With. ed. ii. Prior, p. 108. The species of Bidens are 
sometimes called Water Hemp Agrimony in books: With. ed. iv. 
Hemp-Nettle. A name for the genus Galeopsis, With, ed. iv., and 
applied more especially to Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. — Prior (p. 108) says 
‘more properly Hemp-Dead-Nettle.’ 
Hempweed. (1) A species of Fucus. ‘You shall gather from the 
bottome of the rockes (where the seydge of the sea continually 
beareth) a certaine black weed, which they call hemp-weed, having 
great broad leaves, and growing in great abundance, in thicke tufts, 
and hanging together like pease -straw.’ It is to bo used as manure. 
Markham’s Farewell to Husbandry, bk. ii. p. 24 (also mentioned at 
p. 64). 
(2) A book-name for Eupatorium cannabinum, L. — With. ed. ii. 
Hems, Female. See Female Hems. 
