An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . inate flowers in loose branching , yellow-ish-green; pistillate flowers in catkin-like, rounded or elongated clustersof yellowish-green bracts inclosing each a single ovary. H. Lupulus, L. (Fig. 1, pi. 31.) Hop. Extensively cultivated, butfound wild in thickets and along streams. 7. CANNABIS, herb with opposite loaves divided in long finger-like persistent; clusters of greenish flowe
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . inate flowers in loose branching , yellow-ish-green; pistillate flowers in catkin-like, rounded or elongated clustersof yellowish-green bracts inclosing each a single ovary. H. Lupulus, L. (Fig. 1, pi. 31.) Hop. Extensively cultivated, butfound wild in thickets and along streams. 7. CANNABIS, herb with opposite loaves divided in long finger-like persistent; clusters of greenish flowers axillary; tli(> staminatein loose branching clusters, the pistillate in spikes; pistillate flowers,each surouiided by a leafy bract. C. sativa, L. (Figs. 2 and 3, pi. 31.) Hemp, Very erect herb, 3 to6 ft. tall, branching; the leaves consisting of from 5 to 7 long leafletsjoined at the base. In waste places, and cultivated for its fibers. Order II.—SANTALES This small order, containing two families, each witli very fewspecies?, includes plants which arc parasitic or half parasitic. Be-yond this there are few common characteristics between the two NETTLE FAMILY 197. Plate 311 Humulus Lupulus. 2. Cannabis sativa. 3. Pistillate flo\Yers of 4. Urtica gracilis. 5. Parietaria pennsylvanica. 6. Urtica Pilea pumila. 8. Urtica urens. 9. Laportea canadensis. 10. Boehmenacylindrica. 198 LORANTHACEAE SANTALACEAE families. The flowers in all have a simple and single perianthwhich closely surrounds the ovary and on which are borne thestamens. In the Family Loranthaceae all the species are parasitic. In the Family Aristolodiiaceae the species are of plants wliichfind their home at the roots of decaying trees and are in somemeasure parasitic. Parasites on trees; fruit a berry. Family I. LORANTHACEAE Plants not parasitic Family II. SANTALACEAE Parasites on roots or shrubs; fruit a nut. Family III. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE Family I.—LORANTHACEAE. Mistletoe FamilyPlants growi
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