The most recent monograph of the genus * contains 
descriptions of forty-one species, under many of which 
several varieties are defined, some of which have generally 
been regarded as distinct species. The author also 
describes and discusses the various kinds cultivated for 
smoking in all parts of the world, with references to 
ficures and existing literature. For instance, under N. 
Tabacum, var. havanensis, he first enumerates the 
“Genuine,” or those sorts obtained without crossing, 
with their commercial names, and the countries in which 
they are cultivated. Following these come the hybrids _ 
belonging to this group, the parentage of which is seb 
forth. 
Our figure of N. forgetiana was prepared from specimens 
supplied by Messrs. Sander. 
Descr.—An annual herb, two to three feet high, branching 
from the base. Leaves papery, soft, pubescent; radical 
oblong-lanceolate, largest about a foot long, obtuse, 
tapering downwards into a winged petiole, slightly undu- 
late; cauline similar, but smaller, ovate, with decurrent ‘ 
blades. Panicles ample, loosely branched; branches very __ 
slender, glandular-pubescent ; lower bracts leafy, narrow, _ 
acute, gradually smaller upwards; uppermost minute. _ 
Pedicels filiform, shorter than the flowers. Calyx small, j 
clothed with harsh hairs, five-toothed ; teeth unequal, very 
slender, rigid. Corolla narrow, funnel-shaped, about one 
inch and a quarter long and one inch in diameter, very 
sparsely hairy; segments of the limb nearly equal, 
triangular, obtuse. Stamens included; filaments hairy at 
the base as far as they are attached to the corolla, genicu- 
late just above the attachment, thence filiform and 
glabrous. Ovary glabrous, as well as the filiform included 
style-—W. Borrinc Hems.ey. 
Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, corolla laid open, showing the attachment of the 
stamens; 3, ovary :—all enlarged. ge 
* Monographie du Genre Nicotiana... par le Dr. Prof. O. Comes. — 
Naples, 1899. = 
