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H U M U L U S
Hop.
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Lupulus.
10 I Oh C IA Pentandria,
G en. Char. Male, Cal. 5-leaved. Cor. none.
Female, Catkin o f numerous obliquely fpreading, un-
divided fcales. Cor. none. Styles 1 . Seeds folitary
Spec. Char. . .............. , J
Sy n . Humulus Lupulus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1 4 5 7 . HudJ.\
FI. jin . 433. With. Lot. Arr. ed. 2. v. 2. 277. Ilelb
Cant. 3 6 9 . Sibth. Ox. 9 0 . '
Lupulus mas et fcemina. Rail Syn. 1 3 7 .
in hedges throughout England, particularly
S ' , . foil is ftrong and moift ; nor can there be a doubt o f
tneir being indigenous, notwithftanding the old diftich,
“ Turkeys, Carp, Hops, Pickerel and Beer,
. Came into England all in one year.”
i his is fuppofed to have been in Henry VU I th ’s reign, when
£ J ? “ " f d f° ' m a li” S 6“ r. and (as i s t e n
\ ° ther Plants) might be imported from
abroad, though really wild at home. T h e Pickerel or Pike,
M n Cr n” 7 . kS ° I n anr eaten in EnSland in 1281. See Sir
T t Hf ? ry °f Hawlded> p . J. in Scotland the hop,
according to Lightfoot, is fcarcely indigenous.— Its ufe anPd
culture are now fufficiently known. Its fragrance and eflential
f n X T . c f 3 (partly volatiie) refmous fubftance, fecreted
nn he fcaJ « « the cone- T h e beauty o f its climbing twigs,
o f K l S f W 6 T SflamakQnit VCry ornamental to the counties
rivaled ’ ^ ° rcefterflnre> Shropfhire, & c . where it is mod cuirl?
, c ' , VCry y°Ung fll00ts> when boiled, ragus, and are more early. tafte like Af*pa-
perennial. Stems twining, angular, rough with
S e d a etahe b a fe aVCS T ? | ; teL0n footftalks (which are con-
T -j ? 0n ead l fide by a reflexed ftipula), heart-
S d Phar{hndlT ifef l or 3' obed5 -often 5*lobed’ E S a f e veiny
iInn bbrrann^chheedd clufterWs e; rrfe ampaPlfeasr omn Jaunloyt> htehre, mina leAsm opnle o naex irlolaortv!
catkins, o f a totally different ftru£ture from the male flowers^
whofe calyx is Ample, o f 5 leaves, the 5 ftamina Abort, the an-
■ herse opening by 2 pores at the top ; whereas the female is an
imbncated catkin o f numerous Ample entire fcales, each enveloping
a germen with 2 long downy ftyles, and all together
enlarging into a dry flrobilus or cone. g
_ The old generic name Lupulus, a little wolf, juf tly difpleafed
L m n ^ though it feems as tolerable as RanuncJlus, f l k t l e
g. Humulus is faid by AmbroAnus to be o f German origin.
t Ph!h B o tp .V d “ 6 deriVati°n °f fr°m humUS> moift ea«b,