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Nicotiana—continued. 
rarely glabrous, sub-arborescent shrubs; they are mostly 
natives of America, a few are indigenous to the Pacific 
Islands and Australasia, and some are not unfrequently 
cultivated in various parts of the globe. Flowers white, 
yellowish, greenish, or purplish, disposed in terminal 
panicles, or in elongated, unilateral, bracteate or ebrac- 
teate racemes, or the lower ones solitary in the axils; 
calyx five-fid; corolla funnel- or salver-shaped, sometimes 
pe N a very long tube, the limb five-lobed. Leaves un- 
divided, entire or rarely sinuated. Nicotianas thrive best 
in rich, deep soil, arid in a rather moist situation, where 
they will grow with great rapidity. Seeds should be 
sown in February, in gentle heat, and the young plants 
pricked out when large enough. They should be placed 
in the open air early in June. The species are employed 
with great advantage in sub-tropical gardening. N. affinis 
succeeds admirably and flowers freely in 6in. pots, and 
thus forms a useful subject for greenhouse decoration. 
Its flowers are partially closed by day, but open at 
about 6 p.m., and emit a powerful perfume in the 
evening and night. It is also suited, on this latter ac- 
count, for planting, in the summer time, in beds that 
are situated near walks. 
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FIG. 689. PLANT (EXCEPTING RADICAL LEAVES) AND DETACHED 
FLOWER OF NICOTIANA ACUTIFLORA. 
acuminata ( -pointed). J., corolla green-lined, about 3in. 
3 P ew. flow. Summer. J. broad- 
) 
Sone nels fi stalked, enti ti. 
e dul : entire, sometimes 
date. Stem branched. k. 3ft. Valparaiso, & . Herb. 
iora (acute-flowered).* fl., corolla pure white, din. long, 
gente: calyx bons An. long. Fron 
ite 
Nicotiana— continued. 
June until frost. J., radical ones oblong ; upper ones distant, 
auriculate at base. Stem erect, lft. to 2ft. high. Brazil. 
3 annual herb, well suited for decorative purposes. 
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Fic. 690. FLOWERS OF NICOTIANA SUAVEOLENS. 
N. affinis (related).* f. deliciously night-scented ; corolla with a 
slender tube in. to 3}in. long; limb 3in. across, consisting 
of five ovate, blunt segments, white inside, greenish outside. 
l., lower ones numerous, about 6in. long, ovate, obtuse, narrowed 
into a winged petiole ; upper ones smaller, more decidedly am- 
plexicaul, broad. A. 2ft. to 3ft. Half-hardy annual herb. A 
splendid conservatory plant, hairy all over, except the inside 
of the corolla. (G. C. n. s., xvi, 141.) 
Fig. 691. PORTION OF INFLORESCENCE OF NICOTIANA TABACUM. 
N. fragrans (fragrant). ji. almost white, large, terminal, pendent, 
very nt; corolla with a very long tube and a Diced limb : 
panicle large, terminal, the branches bearing glomerated racemes. 
Summer. ., radical ones large, broadly ovate, spathulate ; cauline 
ones few, distant, linear-spathulate, thick fleshy. h. 3ft. to 
4ft. Isle of Pines. Plant hairy, except inside of corolla limb. 
Cool greenhouse herb. (B. M. 4865.) 
N. glauca (glaucous).* f. yellow, covered with soft down; corolla 
having the tube ‘erg! curved, the throat slightly inflated, the 
mouth contracted, the limb small, cup-shaped, with short acute 
segmen August to October. J. ually 
cordate-ovate, naked. R. 10ft. to 20ft. Buenos Ayres, 1827. Shrub, 
glaucous in every part, arboreous, erect, branched. (B. M. 2837.) 
ts; panicles terminal. 
