IK) 



;i8. srTU)Piiri.AinACE.E. 



noar 

 India. 



the 



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('(• 



Mar.- ]\lo(li1 (M'raiKviii 



region 



and 



D. Stnniinn'ni in , \j. (Tliorn A^iplc). lias been pr«clainied 

 as a noxions weed, perhaps nnder a mistaken impression 

 that it was the name of the preceding plant, fiom which 

 it differs in its sinuate-toothed leaves, shorter corolla (7-10 

 cm.), and erect, very spiny capsule. A poisonoiis plant, 

 found in almost all the warmer parts of the glolie. 1 liave 

 not seen it in South Australia. 



hence he 



wlie 



5. NiCOTIANA, L. 



(After Jean Nicot, French ambassador at Lisbon, 

 .sent to France seeds of the 

 tobacco plant. X. tahdrnui. 

 L., in 1560.) 



1. Nicotiana. glauca, 



Graham. Tohnrco - tree. Tall, 

 erect shrub, sparingly branched, 

 glabrous and glaucous ; leaves 

 on long purplish .stalks, o\al- 

 oblong, acuminate, entire; flow- 

 ers light-yellow, in a loose 

 panicle; calyx tubular, with 

 .short, unequal, lanceolate, ciliate 

 teeth; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 downy, .'3-4 cm. (about 1 .j in.) 

 long, suddenly contract (vl near 

 the base and swollen below the 

 very short limb; capsuh" ovoid, 

 as long as the enlarged calyx 

 which encloses it. 



Roadsides, pa,sture, waste 

 places. —Aug. - Apl. — Argentina, 

 Avhere it is known by its Indian 

 name of PaJdn-paldn, Nicotiana glauca. 



Family 38.— SCROPHULARIACEyC. 



Differs from Sola n ace (C in tlie irregular corolla, which 

 is either 2-lipped (with the upper lip notched ami llie lower 

 one 3-lobed), or has 4-5 unequal lobes overlapping in bud, 

 and in the .stamens, Avhich are usually 4, in 2 unequal ])air8 

 (didyiiamoits), rarely 2 or 5. Herbs with alternate, oppo- 

 site, or whorled leaver. 



Calyx 5-lobed. 



Corolla-tub(» spurred or pouched at base; 

 throat closed by the projecting- palate. 



Corolla large, pouched \NTHiHHiNrM 1 



Corolla small, spurred 1,in"m;I\ 2 



Corolla not pouched or spurred ; throat 

 open. 



