104 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 
NICOTIANA. 
I have very few observations beyond what has already 
been remarked upon the well known genus, my chief object 
being to describe here a new and singular species that I found 
in Chile in 1822. I will, however, avail myself of the oppor- 
tunity of tracing an outline of its generic character, in accord- 
ance with the views before stated. 
Nicotiana, Linn.—Calyx tubulosus, semi-5-fidus. Corolla 
hypogyna, infundibuliformis, limbo plicato 5-lobo. Sta- 
mina 5, inequilonga corolle, tubo infra medium inserta, 
inclusa : anthere longitudinaliter dehiscentes: pollen oblon- 
gum, longitudinaliter 3-suleatum. Ovarium sessile, disco 
annulari obsolete 4-lobo stipatum, 2-loculare, placentis 
linea dorsali dissepimento adnatis, multiovulatis. Stylus 
simplex. Stigma subpattelliforme, intus glandulis 2 mag- 
nis instructum. Capsula calyce persistente tecta, 2-locu- 
laris, imo septicide 2-valvis, valvis demum 2-fidis, placenta 
centrali denique solutis. Semina plurima, minima, oblonga, 
imo ad faciem ventralem hilo rostrato notata, testa reti- 
culato-foveolata, costis intermediis crenulatis. Embryo in 
axi albuminis carnosi fere rectus, vel leviter incurvus, teres, 
radicula infera cotyledonibus subclavatis duplo longiori.— 
Herbe interdum suffrutescentes, sepissime glutinoso-pilose 
in America tropica copiose, parcius in Asia orientali cali- 
diori crescentes : foliis alternis, integerrimis ; floribus termi- 
nalibus, racemosis, aut paniculatis, albidis, virescentibus vel 
purpurascentibus. 
Nicotiana (Petunioides) cirrhoides (n. sp.) Petunia cirrhoides, 
Nob. Trav. 2. p. 531 3—herbacea, erecta, glanduloso-viscida, 
pilisque brevibus articulatis vestita: foliis lanceolatis, basi 
in petiolum longum attenuatis, margine undulatis, acu- 
mine in appendicem gracilem cirrhiformem apice spathu- 
latum attenuatis, summis linearibus longissime et tenuiter 
apiculatis, floralibus angustissime linearibus: floribus ter- 
minalibus paniculatis, calyce campanulato, 5-nervi, denti- 
