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NicoTiaNna REPANDA. STEM-CLASPING Ha- 
| VANNA TOBACCO. 
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Class and Order. 
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| Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
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Generic Character. 
Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus. Cor. infundibuliformis v. hypo- 
-cateriformis, limbo 5-fido, plicato. Stigma capitatum. 
Caps. bilocularis apice quadrifariam dehiscens. Brown. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Nortana repanda ; foliis amplexicaulibus cordatis spa- 
_ thulatis subrotundis repandis, corolla tubo gracili 
longissimo, limbi laciniis ovatis acutiusculis. Lehm. 
, Hist. Nicot.n. 16. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 4. p. 320. 
Mecortana repanda; foliis spathulatis subrotundis repandis 
cordatis amplexicaulibus. Herb. Willd. ex Humb. 
et Bonpl. Mss. R. et S. 4. p. 791. 
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A tender annual. Native of the island of Cuba. In- 
troduced into the garden of the Horticultural Society, by 
Mr. Grorer Don, from the Havannah, and said to be the 
‘Plant ftom which the celebrated Cigars of that country 
fe prepared. 
