Tas. 8006. 
NICOTIANA FrorGETIANA, 
Brazil. 
SotanacEsz. Tribe CEsTRINES. 
Nicotiana, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. ii. p. 906; Comes, 
Monographie du Genre Nicotiana. 
Nicotiana forgetiana, Hort. Sand. Verulamii; species sectionis Petunioides, 
G. Don, et ex affinitate WV. bonariensis, Lehm., a qua foliis superioribus 
lineari-lanceolatis, nec repandis, calycis lobis valde inzequalibus et corolle 
lobis medio costatis differt. 
Herba annua, 2-3-pedalis, a basi ramosa. Folia papyracea, pubescentia, 
radicalia oblongo-lanceolata, maxima circiter pedalia, obtusa, deorsum in 
petiolum alatum attenuata, leviter undulata; caulina similia sed minora 
et ovata, petiolis decurrentibus. Paniculze ample, laxe ramos, ramis 
gracillimis glanduloso-pubescentibus; bracteze inferiores foliacexw, an- 
gust, acutew, sursum gradatim minores, superiores minute. Pedicelli 
filiformes, quam flores breviores. Calyx hispidulus, circiter semipollicaris, 
inzequaliter 5-dentatus, dentibus fere setiformibus longioribus tubum 
excedentibus. Corolla anguste infundibuliformis vel fere hypocrateri- 
formis, circiter 1} poll. longa, parcissime pilosula, tubo prope basin 
attenuato; limbus patens, circiter 1 poll. diametro; segmenta subsequalia, 
deltoidea, venosa, costata, obtusiuscula. Stamina inclusa; filamenta 
basi corollee adnata, hirsuta, parte libera filiformi basi geniculata, glabra. 
Pistillum glabrum, stylo incluso, stigmate filiformi. Capsula mihi — 
ignota. 
The name Nicotiana forgetiana has appeared in most of 
the gardening papers; but, so far as I am aware, no 
description of the plant has hitherto been published. It 
was introduced from South Brazil by Messrs. Sander & 
Sons of St. Albans, through their collector, Mr. Forget, 
about four years ago, and it is one of the parents of the 
beautiful hybrid N. Sanderex, which is being advertised by 
the same firm. It appears to be as free a grower as the 
well-known N. alata, Link. & Otto (syn. N. affinis, Moore), 
which is the other parent of N. Sanderw, and now that 
hybrid breeding has been started between these and other 
species we may expect to see the genus Nicotiana occupying 
a much more prominent position in gardens than hitherto, 
Although N. forgetiana itself is a highly ornamental plant, 
it is not offered for sale, but it will be represented in 
gardens by the more brilliantly coloured hybrids. : 
Marcu Ist, 1905. 
