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corolla (alba) calyce 5-gono 5-dentato duplo longiore; capsulis erectis æqualiter aculeatis. Smith, 
Engl. Bot. t. 1288.—Stramonium vulgatum, Gertn. Fruct. vol. ii. p. 243. t. 182. fig. 4.. S. fetidum, 
Scop. Carn. ed. ii. vol. i. p. 157. S. spinosum, Lam. Fl. Fr. vol. ii. p. 256.—In waste places about 
Levuka, island of Ovalau, probably a recent introduction (Seemann! n. 348). 
The blue-flowering variety Zatula, Dun. (D. Tutula, Linn.), was collected in the Hawaiian Islands 
(Barclay! in Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
V. Nicotiana, Tournef. Inst. t. 41; Dun. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiii. sect. i. p. 556. Calyx: 
tubuloso-campanulatus, semi-5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformis v. hypocraterimorpha, limbo pli- 
cato-5-lobo, lobis per estivationem plicatis et conniventi-contortis. Stamina 5, corollze tubo inserta, 
inclusa, sepe subzquilonga, nonnunquam inequalia; anthere longitudinaliter dehiscentes, brevis- 
sime ovate v. globose; pollen oblongum, longitudinaliter 3-suleatum. Ovarium 2-loculare, pla- 
centis lined dorsali dissepimento adnatis, oc-ovulatis, nectario crasso annulari obsolete lobato basi 
cireumdatum. Stylus simplex; stigma capitatum, patelliforme, intus glandulis 2 magnis instructum. 
Capsula calyce persistente tecta, 2-locularis, apice septicido 2-valvis v. 4—oc-valvis, valvis demum 
2-fidis, placentas discretas retinentibus. Semina co, minima, oblonga, subreniformia, rugosa. 
Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi, leviter arcuatus.—Herbe, interdum suffrutescentes, scepissime glu- 
tinoso-pilose ; foliis alternis, integerrimis; floribus terminalibus racemosis aut paniculatis, albidis 
virescentibus v. purpurascentibus, pedicellis axillaribus, calyces subequantibus.—Nyctagella, Taba- 
cum, et Tabacina, Reichb. Handb. 201. Codylis, Raf. in Am. Month. Magaz. 1819.  Sairanthus, 
Don, Syst. vol. iv. p. 467. 
The only indigenous Polynesian species of Nicotiana hitherto known was discovered by Forster in 
Botanists’ Island, off New Caledonia, and referred by him with a mark of doubt to N. fruticosa, Linn. 
Romer and Schultes, who had seen Forster’s specimens, finding that the plant was not that of Linneus, 
renamed it JN. Forsteri, and under that name it is enumerated amongst the doubtful species in De Can- 
dolle's * Prodromus."  Forster's authentic specimens at the British Museum leave, however, no doubt that 
it is identical with Lehmann’s JN. suaveolens, and as the name of suaveolens was published two years before 
that of Romer and Schultes, it enjoys the right of priority. The synonymy of the plant would thus be 
as follows:—.JN. suaveolens, Lehm. Nie. p. 43. n. 18; WV. fruticosa, Forst. Prodr. n. 104, non Linn.; 
N. Forsteri, Room. et Schult. Syst. vol. iv. p.323; N. undulata, Vent. Malm. t. 10; Jacq. Fragm. 45. t. 56; 
Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 673 nec Ruiz et Pav. ; N. Australasica, R. Brown, Bot. Congo, p. 53.—Small islands 
off New Caledonia (Forster! W. Anderson!), Port Jackson (R. Brown!), and Snowy River, Australia (F. 
- Mueller! in Brit. Mus.). 
A second and very distinct indigenous Polynesian species is JN. Macgillivrayi, Seem. mes. in Herb. | 
Mus. Brit. (sp. nov.) ; tota planta capsula excepta villosa ; foliis omnibus radicalibus spathulatis in petiolum 
longum alatum decurrentibus apice obtusis v. acutis; paniculis terminalibus oc-floris; calycis lobis lineari- 
bus; corolla (alba) hypocraterimorpha, tubo elongato curvato, limbi patentis lobis obovatis obtusis; cap- 
sula 2-valvi glabra calyce inclusa.—lIsle of Pines, off New Caledonia (M‘Gillivray! in Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
The whole plant about a foot and a half high. Leaves about 6 inches long. Corolla about 4 inches long. 
1. N. Tabacum, Linn. Spec. vol. i. p. 258; DC. Prodr. l. c. p. 557; herbacea, pubescens, glu- 
tinosa ; caule erecto tereti superne ramoso; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis sessilibus, inferiori- 
bus decurrentibus semiamplexicaulibus; floribus pedicellatis bracteatis, calycis oblongi segmentis 
lanceolatis acutis inzequalibus; corolla extus lanuginosa fauce subinflata, limbi patentissimi laciniis 
acutis; capsula calycis longitudine v. parum longiore.—Cultivated throughout the Viti Islands by 
the natives, but only in small patches (Seemann! n. 347). 
My principal reason for believing this plant to be introduced is, that it has not been found wild, and 
has no indigenous native name, “ Topako " or “ Tavako " being evidently corruptions of our word Tobacco. 
The Fijians do not know how to cure this weed properly, and much prefer foreign tobacco to their own. 
They do not smoke pipes very often, but generally cigarettes, like the i.e me using dried Banana 
leaves instead of paper. It is possible that they may have acquired the habit from the Spaniards, who 
may have also introduced the tobacco-plant itself. The Spaniards (Manila men) were amongst the first 
whites who visited these islands. 
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