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Nicotiana Langsdorffii. Langsdorff's 



Tobacco. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monocynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cttr. infundibuliformis, limbo plicato. Stam. inclinata. 

 Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis. 



Specific Character. 



Nicotiana Langsdorffii; herbacea, viscoso-villosa, foliis ovatis 

 sessilibus decurrentibus, floribus cernuis: limbo subin- 

 tegro tubo gibboso ter breviore. 



Nicotiana Langsdorfii; fruticosa, foliis ovatis in petiolum sub- 

 decurrentem attenuatis cauleque villoso-mollibus, floribus 

 cernuis, limbo subintegro. Hor.phys. Berol. t 10. 



Descr. Stem between two and three feet high, with us 

 certainly herbaceous, clammy-pubescent. Leaves distant, oval, 

 sessile, decurrent, gmooth and dark green on the upper surface, 

 villous and pale on the under. Flowers yellowish -green, grow 

 m thin, naked, upright panicles, on peduncles curved at the 

 end, which become erect when the flowers drop. Calyx clam- 

 my, five-toothed with one tooth longer than the rest. Tube 

 of the corolla an inch long, curved, irregularly dilated at the 

 end; limb generally oblique, obsoletely 5-lobed or nearly 

 entire. Stamens included; anthers circular, flattened, two 

 celled: pollen blue. Capsules erect, conical, two celled. 

 Seeds globular. 



Our drawing of this rare species was made from a specimen 

 »ent us from Mr. Lambert's garden at Boyton, in August 

 1819. We saw it also last year in the Chelsea garden, 

 flowering freely in the open ground. Native of Chili. 



