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The Spi-cie.s arc, 

 Nicoi lANA {LatiJJlma) foliis ovato-lanctolAiis rugo- 

 fis, fcmiaiuplexicaulibus. Tobacco zvilb cvftl^ fpcar- 



Jhapcd^ 



rcugh 



leaves^ which half e'/alrace the Jtalks. 



2. 



llyofcyamus Peruvianus. Gcr. 357. TctaccOy or lien- 

 lane of Peru, 



NicoTiANA {Tabaaan) foliis lanceolato-ovatls decur- 

 rentibus, flojibus acutis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 258. To- 



laccG vjitb cvcl^ fpear-fjapaU run-n^'g leaves^ f^^'-^'g ^M- 

 iotkeftalks. Nicotiana major latifolia. C. B. P. 169. 

 Greater brcad-kaved Tcbacco. 

 3. NzcoTiANA {Jngufiifolia) foliis lanceolatis acutis, M- 

 filibus, calycibus acutis, tubo fioris longiffimo. Plat. 

 185. Tcbaccouitb acute fpecr-paped Ua-jcsfttling clofe 

 to theftalks^ Jkarp- feinted ewpalements^ and a very long 

 tube to the fewer-. ' Nicotiana major anguflifolia. C. 

 B. P. 1 70. Greater narrow-leaved Tobacco, 

 Nicotiana {Fruticofa) foliis lineari-lanceolatis acu- 

 ininatls femiamplexicaulibus, caule fruticofo. Tobacco 

 Kjcith linear^ fpear-fjaped^ acute-pointed leaves^ half em- 

 Iracing the falks^ andajlorubbyjlalk. Nicotiana major 

 anguiiiflimo folio perennis. JufT Narrcwefi-leaved^ 

 greater^ perennial Tobacco. 



Nicotiana {Alba) foliis ovatis acuminatis femiam- 



obtufis. Tobacco "with 



and 

 flo- 





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5 



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points, fitting clofc to the llalks ; ti:e flowers of th^ 

 are rather larger, and of a brighter purple cohur 

 than thoie of the tint. It tiowers aiul perfects fc^ds 

 at the fame time ; this is by fome called fwcct-fcentcd 

 Tobacco. 



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The third fort rifes with an upright branching ftalt 

 four or five feet high ^ the lower leaves arc a foot 

 long, and three or four inc!ies broad; thofe on the 

 ftalks are much narrower, leflening to the top, and 

 end in very acute points, il:ting clofe to the ibiJcs • 

 they are very glutinous. The flowers grow inloof^ 

 bunches at the cop of the ftalks, they have lona tub-" 

 and are of a bright purple or red colour. Thclelm- 

 pear at the fame time with the former forts, and theL" 

 feeds ripen in the autumn, 

 - The fourth fort rifes with very branching ftalks about 

 five feet high ; the leaves on the lower part cf the 

 ftalks are a foot and a half long, broad at the bafe 

 where they half embrace the ftalks, and are about 

 three inches broad in the middle, termin^^ting in long 

 acute points ■, the ftalks divide into many firalkr 

 branches, which are terminated by loofe bunches of 

 flowers, of a bright putple colour, and are fucceeded 

 by acute-pointed feed-veflxrls. This flowers about 

 the fame time with the former, but if the plants are 

 placed in a warm green-houfe, they will live through 

 the winter. The feeds of this fort were fen t me tor 

 Brazil Tobacco. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in the woods in the 

 ifland of Tobago, from whence the feeds were fent 

 me by the late Mr. Robert Millar. This r?fcs about 

 five feet high; the ftalk docs not branch fo much as 

 thofe of the former ; the leaves are large and oval, 

 about fifteen inches long and two broad in the middle, 

 but dimini(h gradually in their fize to the top of the 

 Nicotiana {Rugofa) foliis ovatis rugofis petipktis. J ^-^ftalk, and with their bafe half embrace it. The 



flowers grow in clofcr bunches than thofe of the for- 



and are white ; thcfe are fucceeded by fhort, 



plexicaulibus, capfulis ovatis 



cval 

 oval c 



acute-pointed leaves half embracing the ftalk^ 

 'ibtufe fecd-veffels. Nicotiana major latifolia. 



ribus albis, vafculo brevi. Martyn. Dec. 5. Greater 

 broad-leaved Tobacco with white fowcrs^ and a floort 



feed-veffcL ' ' - 



6. Nicotiana {Rujlica) foliis petiolatis ovatis inte- 

 gerrimis, floribus obtufis. Lin. Sp. 258. Tobacco with 

 cval entire leaves^ and obtufe flowers. Nicotiana minor. 

 C. B. P. 170. Smaller Tobacco^ comrKonly called Englijh 



Tobacco. 



Tobacco 



ith ov-al rough leaves^ having foot-ftalks. 



foliis rugoiloribus amplioribus. 



8. 



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Nicotiana mmor, 



Vaiil. Smaller Tobacco with larger and rougher leaves. 

 Nicotiana {Paniculata) foliis petiolatis cordatis in- 

 tegerrimis, floribus paniculads obtufis clavatis. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 259. Tojjfacco withbeart'fhapedleaveSy pani- 

 I'f'culated flowers^ and club-fhaped tubes. ^Nicotiana mi- 

 ^ nor, folio cordiformi tube floris'pra^longis. Feuill. 

 .I^Obf. I. p. 717- t^b. 10. Smaller Tobacco with a heart' 

 ^^.'Jhapcd leaf and a very long tube to the flower. :^ 

 9. I^icoTiANA {Glutinofa) foliis petiolatis cordatis inte- 

 gerrimis, racemofls floribus fecundis ringentibus, ca- 

 lycibus inxqualibus. Lin. Sp. Plant, i^c) J' -Tobacco 

 with heart- f japed leaves^ having foot-ftalks^ branching 



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and unequal empakments. - 



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- ringent peuii'S;^ 

 10. Njcotiana {Himilis) foliis ovato-lanceolatis obtufis 



ru^cfis, calycibus brevifllmis. Plat. 185. Tobacco with 



cvaly fpcar-ffjaped^ cbtufe^ rough leaves^ and a very 

 ■ floort errfpakment, • Nicotiana humilis, primula veris 

 ^ folio. Hcuft. MSS. Dwarf Tobacco wit^^ a Prirarofe 



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The firftfort was formerly the moft common Tobac- 

 .. CO which w^as fbwn in England, and which has been 



generally taken for the common bVoad-leavMTobac- 

 , CO of Cafpar Bauhin, and others, but i^ greatly dif- 



- fercnt from it. , The leaves of this fort arc more than 

 I foot and a half lonsj and a foot broad, their fur- 



faces very rough and glutinous : when thefe plants 

 are in a rich moift foil, they will grow more than ten 

 ^ feet high ^ the bafe of the leaves half embrace the 

 ; ftalks ; the upper part of thfc ftalk divides into fmall- 

 - >tr branches, which are tenpinated by loofe bunches 

 V.,.Qf flov/ers ftanding ercft ; they have pretty long tubes, 



..'and are of a pale purplilh colour. 



^"anH Auguft, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. 



v/:' This is the fort of /Pabacco which is commonly 



V brought to the markets in pots to adorn the Ihops 



* and balconies of London, and by fome is called Qroo- 



noko Tobacco. 



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The fecond fort is the broad-leaved Tobacco of Caf- 

 per Bauhin -, the ftalks of this feldom rife more than 

 five orTix feet high, and divide into more branches 

 than the firft. The leaves arc about ten inches long, 



and three and a half broad, fmooth, and end in acute 



mcr, 



oval, obtufe feed-veflfels. Jt flowers and perfeftsfccdi 

 about the fame time with thefQrmer. 

 The fixth fortes commonly called Englifli Tobacco, 

 from Its having been the firft which was introduced 

 here, and being much more hardy than the otlicr 



:• forts. .u The feeds ripen very freely,' and fcactering in 

 the autumn, the plants have come up without care, 

 wherever any of the plants have been fufFered to run 



.• to feed, fo that it has been a weed in many places-, 



: but it came originally from America, by the title of 

 ■ Petum. Dodonseus, Tabernemontanus, aijd others, 

 have tided it Hyofcyamus luteus, from the affinity 

 there is between this plant and the Henbane ; but the 

 flowers of this are tubulous, and not ringent, as are' 

 thofe of the Plenbane ; nor do thefeed-veflelsof this 

 open with a lid on the top, as that of Henbane. The 

 ftaiks of this feldom rife more than three feet high; 

 the leaves are placed alternately on_j^e,ftalks, ftand- 



.^ ing upon fliortfoot-ftalks ; they are oval and fmooth. 



_ The flowers ^row in fmall loofe bunci?es on tWe 



have ftiort tufceis, "which 



they 



and are cut into fimobrufc 



It flowers in July 



top of the ftalks ; 

 ^. fp"read open at the top, 

 .. fegments, of an herbaceous yellow colour, appearing 

 '. in July, and are fucceeded by roundifh capfules, filled 

 « with fmall feeds, which ripen in the autumn, rl:^ 



The feventii fort rifes with a ftrong ftalk near lOur 

 • feet high ; the leaves'of this are ftiaped like thofe of 

 ' the former, but are greatly furrowed on.their furface 

 . and near twice the fixe, of a darker green, and ha v? 



longer foot-ftalks. ^ The flowers are larger than thole 



f> 



tf-^ 



ii"t> 



of the former, and of the fame 'fhape.; This is un- 

 doubtedly ^a diftind plant from the former, fpri have 

 fovvn the feeds more than thirty years, and \ii,scncK: 



found any of the plants vary., , ..'.;•■: , ■-'-■'. ^ " [ 

 The eighth fort was found growing naturally m tW 

 valley of Lima, by Pere Feuille, in the year 17'° 5 

 and of Ute years the feeds of it were fent from ^e^u^ 

 by the younger dejuffieu, to Paris. The ftalk oi 

 this fort rifes more than three feet high, dividing up- 

 . ward into many fmaller panicled branches, wlncli are 

 round and a little hairy ; the leaves are heart-fhaped, 



about four inches long, and three broad, ftanding 



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