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NICOTIANA ACUMINATA. ACUMINATED- 
LEAVED 'T’oBACco. 
Ss oe a Oe na On ON On ROR OR 
Class and Order. 
PrEntTANDRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—So.anez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus. Cor. infundibuliformis, vel hypo- 
crateriformis, limbo plicato. Capsula apice 4-dentata, pla- 
centis ad dissepimentum transversis. Spr. ~ 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Nicotiana acuminata ; herbacea, pubescens, foliis lato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis sublonge petiolatis, 
paniculis paucifloris, calyce glanduloso-pubescenti 
laciniis angustis, corolla tubo elongato, limbi laciniis 
rotundatis obtusis. 
ETUNIA acuminata. Graham in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 
July, 1828, p. 31 a 
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Descr. Root perennial ? Stem herbaceous, erect, terete, 
-Pubescent, branched. Leaves remote, broadly-lanceolate, 
Sometimes almost ovate, acuminate, waved at the margin, 
nerved, stightly pubescent, entire, petiole. Petiole slender, 
about an inch long. Panicle terminal, few-flowered, flow- 
*'s naked or having a leaf or bractea at their base. Pedicel 
short. Calyx ovate, with five unequal, narrow teeth, which 
Tun down and form so many ribs to the glanduloso-pubes- 
rent, and almost colourless tubular portion. Corolla about 
tee inches long. Tube a little curved, green, striated, a 
little enlarged upwards: Limb rather small, of five, nearly- 
equal, rounded, white lobes, blunt, or even emarginate, 
Marked with a few ereen lines. Style filiform, as ve 
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