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PETUNIA NYCTAGINIFLORA. \LARGE-FLOW-. 
| ERED PETUNIA, — 
Class and Order. ra 
PentranpriA Monoeynia. 
3 Generic Character. 
Cal. profunde 5-fidus: lacimiis oblongis subspathulatis. 
Cor. tubulosa, limbo dilatato subquinquelobo inequali. 
Stam. inequalia non exserta, antheris subrotundis. Stigma’ 
capitatum, subbilobum. | Caps. calycis basi infra cincta, 
apice bivalvis, bilocularis, polysperma seminibus minutis. 
- Herbe ; folia alterna, floralia ex eodem puncto gemina ; 
Sores solitarii, axillares. Affinis Nicotiane que Petun 
asihensium. JussiEv. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Perunta nyctaginiflora ; caule hirto, foliis (Heliotropii) 
ovatis oblongis pubescentibus ; corollis magnis calyce 
quadruplo longioribus. Jussieu in Ann. du Mus. 2. 
Pp. 216. t. 47. 7.2. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. 4. p. 
“i — Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 4. p. 375. Pers. Syn. 
Nicorana axillaris ; pubescens, foliis subovatis subsessi- 
libus, pedunculis axillaribus, floribus tubulosis obtusis.— 
N Lam. Mlustr. n, 2287. Sprengel Syst. Veg. 1. p. 617. 
coTtaNa nyctaginiflora ; caule herbaceo villoso, foliis — 
subpetiolatis oblongo-ovatis, floribus axillaribus, . : 
toll tubo calyce triplo longiore, limbi laciniis subro- 
tundis obtusis. Lehm. Hist. Nicot. p. 20. 
‘Seems 
Descr. Root annual. Stem upri ight, with alternate 
fi branches, pubescent. Radical leaves oblong-ovate, quite 
x re, villous, decurrent down the petiole : cauline leaves 
4 ‘hate, oval, quite entire, fleshy, scabrous, decurrent — 
the petiole : floral —_ growing two —. 
