CHAPTER XV

.—NEPENTHES.

Influence of climate on plants; Native home of hemp; Properties of hemp-seed; Distribution of hemp; Scythian hemp; Antiquity of hemp; Churrus, or hemp resin; Momeca; Gunjah; Bang, or Guaza; Majoon; Haschisch; Dawamese; Hashasheens and Assassins; Berch; Dacha; Hemp in India—in Egypt; Use of Stimulants 212

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