stamens are inserted. Limb broad, greenish-purple on 
the outside, pure white and glabrous above, broadly ob- 
cordate, very obtuse, emarginate, spreading. Stamens 
unequal in height, reaching nearly to the mouth of the 
tube. Filaments slender, curved and hairy at the base. 
Anthers oblong, yellow. Pistil: Germen ovate, inserted 
into a bright orange-coloured gland, and tapering upwards 
into a filiform style, a little longer than the tube, and 
terminated by a clavate stigma. 
The flowers of this species of Tobacco, have so much 
similarity with those of Nicorrana undulata of VENTENAT, 
Sims, and Brown, that I can hardly persuade myself, but 
that the two plants must be the same. N. undulata, how- 
ever, is said to have the leaves confined to the lower part 
of the plant, or nearly so, and they ofa different shape ; no 
notice is taken of the numerous viscid glands which cover 
the entire plant in our individuals ; to which I may add, 
that, whereas N. undulata is a native of New Holland, 
the present species is found perfectly wild at Uspallata, 
on the eastern side of the Andes, locking towards Mendoza, 
whence both dried specimens and seeds were sent to us 
by Mr. Crurcxsuanxs and Dr. Grtuies, in 1826. 
Planted in the open border, in the Glasgow Botanic 
Garden, the species succeeds remarkably well, blossoming 
abundantly in the month of August. During the day they 
make but little show, but as evening approaches, the limb 
of the flower which was’ before curiously folded expands 
into a broad and pure white surface, yielding, at the same 
time, a powerful fragrance. . 
_ Ifthe plant be handled, the smell is very narcotic and 
unpleasant. — : = 
Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Section of a Calyx, shewing the Pistil and its glan- 
dular base. 3. Lower Cauline Leaf. z Leaf from near the root.—Fig. !. 
and 2. Magnified. 
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