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NICOTIANA TABACUM, Linn. 

 Tobacco. 



Native of some part of Central or South America. An annual plant, 

 with large leaves covered with viscid hairs and some glands, and dull, 

 pink flowers. ( Solanacece.) 



Leaves cured form tobacco. 



As a medicine, tobacco owes its value to its powerfully sedative and 

 antispasmodic properties. 



NO EYE PEA. See Cajanus indicus. 



NUT GRASS. See Cyperus rotundus.. 



NUTMEG. See Myristica fragrans. 



OAK, FRENCH. See Catalpa longissima. 



OCHRA. See Hibiscus esculentus. 



OCHRA, MUSK. See Hibiscus Abelmoschus. 



OCHROMA LAGOPUS, Sw. 

 Down Tree, Cork Wood. 



Native of West Indies, and tropical America. A tree, 20 to 40 feet 

 high, leaves simple, flowers large pale-reddish or yellowish-white; 

 seeds enveloped in wool. 



Bark used for making ropes. 



Wood soft, only fit for use as a substitute for cork. 



Seeds The down used for stuffing pillows, &c. Possibly it might 

 be made into cloth, &c. 



OIL PLANT. See Ricinus communis. 



OLIVE BARK TREE. See Bucida Buceras. 



OLIVE, WILD. See Bucida Buceras, and B. capitata. 



ONIONS. See Allium uepa. 



OPUNTIA COCCINELLIFERA, Mill. 

 Cochineal cactus. 



Native of Jamaica and Mexico. 



A cactus, u' feet and more in height, or, generally without spines : 

 Howers crimson. (Qacteiv.) 



On this plant, and on 0. Tuna, the cochineal insect lives from which 

 carmine is prepared. The insect does not thrive in Jamaica. 



