CANNABIS

(from the Greek word kannabis, used by Dioscorides, and that from Sanskrit can am ). Hemp. O RD. Urticaceæ. A small genus, of but little ornamental value. Flowers racemose, diœcio us. Nut two-valved, within the closed calyx. The undermentioned species is a hardy annual, of easy culture in ordinary garden soil. Propagated by seeds, sown in spring.