N. 0. ORTIOAOE^-. 
1181 
Leaves 3-4in. diam., petioled, cordate, toothed, upper ovate, 
lower 3-5-lobed. Bracts and bracteoles scarious, covered with 
resinous glands. Male flowers iin. diam. ; panicles 3-5in. 
across. Female flowers In heads, |in. diam., yellow ; styles 
purple ; fruiting IJin. diam. ; scales orbicular. 
Usee It is officinal in both the British and Indian Pharma- 
copoeias. 
1170. Cannabis sativa, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 487 ; 
Roxb. 718. 
Syn. : — C. indica, Lamk. 
Eng. -. — Indian hemp. 
Sans. : — Ganja, vajradru, bhangah, vijayd. 
Vern. : — G£nje-kd-p4r, kinnab, bh&ng (H.) ; ganjl, bhang, 
siddhf (B.) • Bhang, charas (Pb.) ; Bh£ng (Mar.) ; Ganja-ched, 
korkkar-muli, gdnja-ilai, kalpam (Tam.i ; Ganjari-chettu, bangi- 
aku, kalpam-chettu, ganjali (Tel.) ; Tsjerucansjava, kanchdva- 
chetti (Mai.). 
Habitat : — Throughout India, wild in the N.-W. Himalaya, 
cultivated elsewhere. 
A tall, erect, annual herb. Stem 4-Sft., Leaves alternate 
or the lower opposite, upper 1-3-lower 5-11-partite, serrate, 
palmati-nerved, 4-8in. diam. Stipules lateral. Flowers green, 
small, axillary, dioecious ; males fascicled in short, pendul- 
ous panicles. Female flowers crowded under leafy convolute 
bracts. Male flowers: — Sepals 5, imbricate, stamens 5, erect in 
bud. PistillodeO. Female flowers : — Perianth hyaline, embracing 
tho ovary or 0. Ovary sessile ; style central ; arms 2, filiform, 
caducous ; ovule pendulous. Achene compressed, crustaceous. 
Seed flattened, albumen unilateral, fleshy. Embryo curved, 
cotyledons broad, thick, sub-equal, radicle upcurved incumbent. 
Uses : — Officinal in the Indian as well as British Pharmaco- 
poeias, and its uses are too well-known to be detailed here. 
It should be used fresh. It deteriorates on keeping. Hence 
those imported from Europe not efficacious, and so, the neces- 
sity of making its preparations in India. 
Hemp seeds yield from 25 to 80 per cent, of a light green or greenish- 
yellow oil becoming brownish-yellow on keeping. The specific gravity is 
