( 1778 ) 



nlcotiana quadrivalvis. missouri 

 Tobacco. 



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CYftss ararf Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. infundibuliformis, limbo plicato. Stam. inclinata. Cops. 

 2— 4-valvis, 2 — 4-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Nicotiana quadrinalvis ; pedunculis solitariis unifloris, cap- 

 sulis quadrilocularibus. 



Nicotiana quadrivalvis ; foliis oblongo - ovatis petiolatis, 

 floribus in summitate ramuloram sparsis solitariis, corollis 

 infundibuliformibus, laciniis oblongis acutiusculis, cap- 

 sulis subglobosis 4-valvibus, Pursh Flor. Amer. Sept. I. 

 p. 141. 



Descr. Root annual. The whole plant is clammy, being 

 covered with glandular hairs, except the upper surface of the 

 leaves, which is nearly free from them. Leaves lanceolate, 

 undulate. Flowers solitary pedunculated, sometimes axillary, 

 more frequently extra-axillary. Calyx divided half-way. 

 Segments lanceolate, unequal, one being constantly longer 

 than the rest. Corolla funnel-shaped, undulated, white with 

 purplish veins. Capsule round-oval, with four deep grooves, 

 four-valved and four-celled. Seeds kidney-shaped, attached 

 to a central receptacle. 



This plant is at once distinguished, by its four-celled fruit, 

 from every other known species of Nicotiana. Mr. Pursh 

 informs us, that it grows both spontaneously and cultivated 

 on the borders of the Missouri, principally among the 

 Mandan and Ricara nations, and that the tobacco prepared 



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