856 Solanaceae. 
1202. (2.) Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. Plant. Hort. Di 
Negro, p. 26. — var. chlorantha Dun. in DC. Prodrom. XIII (1852), 
p- 569. — Aschers.-Schweinf. [lustr. Flor. d’Eg., p. 114 no. 771. — 
Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 263. — Nicotiana crispa Pers. 
Syn. I, p. 217. — An annual plant, 40—60 cm high, or more. Stem 
scabrid, branching from the base, leafy. Leaves entire, sessile, the 
lower-ones obovate-spathulate, obtuse, glabrous, the upper-ones oblong- 
lanceolate half-clasping, acute, undulate, 5-fid. Racemes paniculate, 
terminal. Calyx-tubulose, subhirtellous 5-fid; lobes unequal, linear- 
lanceolate. Corolla hypocrateriform; tube pubescent, thrice as long 
as the calyx; limb 5-fid; lobes ovate, acute. Capsule ovate, glabrous, 
as long as the calyx; seeds minute, rugose. — Flow. March to April. 
N. v. Kasr-el-‘Ain (Cairo), in the gardens naturalized. 
A native of Mexico. 
1203. (3.) Nicotiana glauca L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 258. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’EKg., p. 113 no. 769. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. @’Eg., Supplem. p. 770. — Sickenberg. Contrib. 
Flor. d’Eg., p. 263. — Dun. in DC. Prodrom. XII, fase. I p. 563. — 
Rehbch. Ic. XX, tab.5 fig. 1. — A tall shrub, 2—4 m high, quite 
glabrous. Leaves ovate-cordate, 5 cm long, 3 cm broad, on petioles 
of 3 cm acute, entire, of glaucous hue. Flowers in terminal panicles 
with subulate bracts. Calyx faintly angular, 5-toothed. Corolla 
yellow, softly pubescent, 3 times longer than the calyx, its tube 
incurved, inflated at the throat and contracted at the mouth, the 
limb very short. — Flow. all the year round. 
M. ma. Ramle; Qabary. — N.d. Cairo; Shubra; Helwan. — 
N. v. mer. Thebes. — D.i. El-Qantara. — D. a. sept. Serapeum; 
Everywhere cultivated in gardens. 
Local name: tombak; musseyss; ssegger-el-gerey (Schweinfurth, 
Muschler); dukkhan-belledy (Ascherson). 
Native of South America. 
1204. (4.) Nicotiana rustica L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 180. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 114 no. 770. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 263. — Lehm. Hist. Nicot., p. 34. — Dun. in 
DC. Prodrom. XIII, fase. I p. 563. — Comes Monogr. Nicot., p. 20 
fig. 2. — An annual herb, up to 1,20 high, or sometimes somewhat 
more. Stem terete, branched. Leaves ovate, obtuse sometimes sub- 
cordate, glandular pubescent, petiolate, the lower ones up to 30 cm 
long. Flowers in terminal subpaniculate racemes, bracteate or not. 
Calyx cyathiform, 5-fid; lobes very short, subequal. Corolla greenish- 
yellow, salver-shaped, twice as long as the calyx-tube, villous; lobes 5; 
obtuse. Filaments villous at the base. Style slightly longer than the 
