466 
Ayres. Corolla at first of a dirty white, afterwards tinged with 
purple, greenish-yellow, and pubescent outside; inside of limb 
pure white. The whole plant is said to be villous, and the 
lower leaves petiolate, by Cavanilles. 
Long-flowered Tobacco. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1832. Pl. 2 
to 3 feet. 
22 N. nocrirtdOra (Hook. bot. mag. t. 2785. Sweet, fl. 
gard. t. 262.) glandular and clammy, and beset with adpressed 
hairs; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceclate, acute, undulately 
curled ; tube of corolla cylindrical, much longer than the calyx; 
segments of corolla equal, obcordately emarginate. 2t. F. Na- 
tive of Chili. Flowers disposed in terminal panicles. — Corollas 
white, purple beneath, sweet-scented. 
Night-flowering Tobacco. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1826. Pl. 2 to 3 
feet. 
23 N. Pr’rsica (Lindl. bot. reg. 1592.) clothed with clammy 
down; radical leaves oblong-spatulate: cauline ones sessile, 
half stem-clasping, acuminated, hardly repand ; calyx acutely 5- 
toothed; corolla salver-shaped, with a long clavate tube, and 
ovate, obtuse, emarginate, rather unequal segments. ©. H. 
Native of Persia. Radical leaves cordate at the base. Flow- 
ers racemose, extra-axillary, on short pedicels, sweet-scented at 
night. Tube of corolla green, ventricose at top; limb green 
outside, and white inside. This kind of Nicotiana furnishes the 
far-famed Shiraz tobacco. The N. Tébacum is, however, also 
cultivated in Persia. 
Persian or Shiraz Tobacco. 
to 3 feet. 
94 N. acumina’ra (Sims, bot. mag. 2919.) downy; leaves 
broad-lanceolate, acuminated, undulated, on longish petioles ; 
panicles few-flowered ; calyx clothed with glandular down; ca- 
lyeine segments narrow; corolla with an elongated tube, and 
roundish obtuse segments. ©. H. Native of Valparaiso. 
Petünia acuminata, Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. july, 1828. 
Corolla with a spreading white limb. 
Acuminated-leaved Tobacco. Fl. June, Sept. 
Pl. 2 feet. 
25 N. ANGusTIFOLIA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 16. t. 130. 
f.a. Lehm. nic. p. 25.) herbaceous, branched; leaves petio- 
late: superior ones linear; tube of corolla widened and sub- 
ventricose at top: segments of the limb spreading, acute. ©. 
H. Native of Chili, about Conception. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. 
p. 215. Pers. ench. 1. p. 218. Plant pubescent, clammy. 
Branches slender. Flowers disposed in diffuse, terminal pani- 
cles. Calycine segments unequal, lanceolate-linear, acute. Limb 
of corolla milk-coloured, nearly equal; tube greenish. Capsule 
conical, obtuse. 
Narron-leaved Tobacco. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
26 N. piLATA TA (Link, enum. 1. p. 179.) stem herbaceous, 
rather tomentose, clammy ;,leaves sessile, lanceolate, attenuated 
towards the base, but dilated at the base, repand; tube of co- 
rolla much longer than the calyx, subelavate ; segments of the 
limb acute. ©. H. Native country unknown. Lower leaves 
a foot long, and more than 3-4 inches broad; cauline leaves 
smaller, dilated at the” base, all long-acuminated, and rather 
tomentose. Limb of corolla white. Link received this species 
under the name of N. angustifolia. 
Dilated-leaved Tobacco. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. Pl. 
27 N. pLumBacinuroria (Viv. elench. pl. hort. dinegro, p. 26. 
t. 5.) stem herbaceous; leaves sessile: lower ones obovate- 
spatulate, bluntish : superior ones half stem-clasping, undulated ; 
tube of corolla very long, subclavate ; segments of the limb 
ovate, acute. ©.H. Native country unknown, but probably 
of South America. Lehm. nicot. p. 4i. N. críspa, Jacq. 
fragm. p- 57: t. 84. Desf. cat. hort. par. 1804. p. 67. N. 
cerinthoides, Vittmann. Plant rather scabrous and hairy. 
1 
Fl. Sept. Oct. CIE? Pl. 14 
Clt. 1827. 
SOLANACE/E. XVI. Nicotiana. 
Branches slender. Superior leaves oblong, the uppermost ones 
lanceolate-linear. Racemes disposed in a terminal panicle. 
Calyx 5-cleft, 10-striped ; segments unequal. Limb of corolla 
white above, and fuscescent beneath. Capsule ovate, glabrous, 
length of calyx. 
Plumbago-leaved Tobaeco. 
1 to 2 feet. 
28 N. repa’npA (Willd. herb. ex Lehm. nicot. p. 40. t. 3.) stem 
herbaceous ; leaves stem-clasping, cordate-spatulate, roundish, 
repandly undulated, sometimes lyrate ; tube of corolla slender, 
very long : segments of the limb ovate, acutish. ©. H. Na- 
tive of Cuba, near Havannah. Sims, bot. mag. 2484. N. lyrata, 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 4. Plant almost gla- 
brous, except the young leaves, which are downy. Flowers 
distant, disposed in terminal, elongated racemes. Calyx scaly, 
on being examined by a lens, 5-cleft; segments equal. Tube 
of corolla clavate at top; limb white above. Capsule ovate, 
obtuse, shorter than the calyx. The small Havannah cigars, 
or queen’s, are said to be made of this species. 
Repand-leaved Tobacco. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
foot. 
29 N. viscósa (Lehm. nicot. p. 28.) stem herbaceous, 
clammy ; leaves sessile, somewhat cuneiform, obtuse, dilated to- 
wards the base, half stem-clasping; tube of corolla subcylindri- 
cal, twice as long as the calyx: segments of the limb ovate, ob- 
tuse. (C.H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Stem angular. Ax- 
illary branches short, terminated by flowers. Leaves 2-3 inches 
Fl. May, June. Clt.1816. Pl. 
PEN 
long. Calycine segments unequal, short, obtuse. Corolla 
white? tube widened a little at top. 
Clammy Tobacco. FI. July, Sept. Clt. 1821. Pl. 2 to 3 
feet ? 
30 N. Bonanie’nsis (Lehm. nicot. p. 27. t. 1.) stem herba- 
ceous; leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute, broader towards the 
base, subrepand; tube of corolla cylindrical; segments of the 
limb ovate, obtuse. ©. H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Plant 
pubescently pilose. Leaves half stem-clasping at the base. 
Flowers racemose, terminating the stem and branches. Caly- 
cine segments nearly equal, narrow-lanceolate, acute. Corolla 
downy, white; tube a little dilated at top. 
Buenos Ayrean Tobacco. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1821. Pl. 2 
to 3 feet. 
Secr. IV. PorvprcLtA (from rove, polys, many; and òig, 
diclis, a valve; in reference to the capsule being 4 or more 
valved.) Corolla tubular, ventricose at the base, white inside, 
and livid outside. Capsule 4 or many-valved. Flowers axil- 
lary, solitary. 
31 N. quapriva’tvis (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 14l. 
Spreng. syst. p. 48. no. 95. Lehm. nicot. p. 45. t. 4.) stem 
herbaceous, branched ; leaves petiolate, oblong; tube of corolla 
twice as long as the calyx ; segments of the limb oblong, blunt- 
ish; capsule 4-valved, nearly globose. ©. H. Native of 
North America, at the Missouri river. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1778. 
The whole plant is clammy and pilose, with a bad smell. Supe- 
rior leaves nearly sessile. Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; segments un- 
equal. Corolla tubular, white inside. 
Four-valved-capsuled Tobacco. Fl. July, Aug. 
Pl. 1 to 13 foot. 
32 N. na'na (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 833.) plant dwarf; leaves 
lanceolate, pilose : radical ones longer than the solitary flowers; 
corolla longer than the calyx, with obtuse segments. ©: H 
Native of North America, among the rocky mountains. Calyx 
turbinate, clothed with glandular hairs. Corolla white, downy 
outside. Flowers rising from the axils of the leayes. The In- 
dians are said to prepare the finest of their tobacco from the 
leaves of this species. ; 
Clt. 1811. 
