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SOLANACEjE. XVI. NICOTIANA. 



Ayres. Corolla at first of a dirty white, afterwards tinged with 

 purple, greenish-yellow, and pubescent outside ; inside of limb 

 pure white. The whole plant is said to be villous, and the 

 lower leaves petiolate, by Cavanilles. 



Long-flowered Tobacco. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1832. PI. 2 

 to 3 feet. 



22 N. NOCTIFL6RA (Hook. bot. mag. t. 2785. Sweet, fl. 

 gard. t. 262.) glandular and clammy, and beset with adpressed 

 hairs ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, undulately 

 curled ; tube of corolla cylindrical, much longer than the calyx; 

 segments of corolla equal, obcordately emarginate. Tj.. F. Na- 

 tive of Chili. Flowers disposed in terminal panicles. Corollas 

 white, purple beneath, sweet-scented. 



Nighl-florvering Tobacco. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1826. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



23 N. PE'RSICA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1592.) clothed with clammy 

 down ; radical leaves oblong-spatulate : cauline ones sessile, 

 half stem-clasping, acuminated, hardly repand ; calyx acutely 5- 

 toothed; corolla salver-shaped, with a long clavate tube, and 

 ovate, obtuse, emarginate, rather unequal segments. 0. H. 

 Native of Persia. Radical leaves cordate at the base. Flow- 

 ers racemose, extra-axillary, on short pedicels, sweet-scented at 

 night. Tube of corolla green, ventricose at top ; limb green 

 outside, and white inside. This kind of Nicoti&na furnishes the 

 far-famed Shiraz tobacco. The N. Tabacum is, however, also 

 cultivated in Persia. 



Persian or Shiraz Tobacco. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt.? PI. Ij 

 to 3 feet. 



24 N. ACUMINA'TA (Sims, bot. mag. 2919.) downy; leaves 

 broad-lanceolate, acuminated, undulated, on longish petioles ; 

 panicles few-flowered ; calyx clothed with glandular down ; ca- 

 lycine segments narrow ; corolla with an elongated tube, and 

 roundish obtuse segments. 0. H. Native of Valparaiso. 

 Petunia acuminata, Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. July, 1828. 

 Corolla with a spreading white limb. 



Acuminated-leaved Tobacco. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1827. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



25 N. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 16. t. 130. 

 f. a. Lehm. nic. p. 25.) herbaceous, branched ; leaves petio- 

 late : superior ones linear ; tube of corolla widened and sub- 

 ventricose at top : segments of the limb spreading, acute. . 

 H. Native of Chili, about Conception. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. 

 p. 215. Pers. ench. 1. p. 218. Plant pubescent, clammy. 

 Branches slender. Flowers disposed in diffuse, terminal pani- 

 cles. Calycine segments unequal, lanceolate-linear, acute. Limb 

 of corolla milk-coloured, nearly equal ; tube greenish. Capsule 

 conical, obtuse. 



Narrow-leaved Tobacco. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



26 N. DILATA'TA (Link, enum. 1. p. 179.) stem herbaceous, 

 rather tomentose, clammy ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, attenuated 

 towards the base, but dilated at the base, repand ; tube of co- 

 rolla much longer than the calyx, subclavate ; segments of the 

 limb acute. . H. Native country unknown. Lower leaves 

 a foot long, and more than 3-4 inches broad ; cauline leaves 

 smaller, dilated at the base, all long-acuminated, and rather 

 tomentose. Limb of corolla white. Link received this species 

 under the name of N. angustifolia. 



Dilated-leaveA Tobacco. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. 



27 N. PLUMBAGINIIFOLIA (Viv. elench. pi. hort. dinegro, p. 26. 

 t. 5.) stem herbaceous ; leaves sessile : lower ones obovate- 

 spatulate, bluntish : superior ones half stem-clasping, undulated ; 

 tube of corolla very long, subclavate ; segments of the limb 

 ovate, acute. . H. Native country unknown, but probably 

 of South America. Lehm. nicot. p. 41. N. crispa, Jacq. 

 fragm. p. 57. t. 84. Desf. cat. hort. par. 1804. p. 67. N. 

 cerinthoides, Vittmann. Plant rather scabrous and hairy. 



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Branches slender. Superior leaves oblong, the uppermost ones 

 lanceolate-linear. Racemes disposed in a terminal panicle. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, 10-striped; segments unequal. Limb of corolla 

 white above, and fuscescent beneath. Capsule ovate, glabrous, 

 length of calyx. 



Plumbago-leaved Tobacco. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1816. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



28 N. REPA'NDA (Willd. herb, ex Lehm. nicot. p. 40. t. 3.) stem 

 herbaceous ; leaves stem-clasping, cordate-spatulate, roundish, 

 repandly undulated, sometimes lyrate ; tube of corolla slender, 

 very long : segments of the limb ovate, acutish. . H. Na- 

 tive of Cuba, near Havannah. Sims, bot. mag. 2484. N. lyrata, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. airier. 3. p. 4. Plant almost gla- 

 brous, except the young leaves, which are downy. Flowers 

 distant, disposed in terminal, elongated racemes. Calyx scaly, 

 on being examined by a lens, 5-cleft; segments equal. Tube 

 of corolla clavate at top ; limb white above. Capsule ovate, 

 obtuse, shorter than the calyx. The small Havannah cigars, 

 or queen's, are said to be made of this species. 



JRepand-leaved Tobacco. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 

 foot. 



29 N. VISCOSA (Lehm. nicot. p. 28.) stem herbaceous, 

 clammy ; leaves sessile, somewhat cuneiform, obtuse, dilated to- 

 wards the base, half stem-clasping ; tube of corolla subcylindri- 

 cal, twice as long as the calyx : segments of the limb ovate, ob- 

 tuse. . H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Stem angular. Ax- 

 illary branches short, terminated by flowers. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long. Calycine segments unequal, short, obtuse. Corolla 

 white ? tube widened a little at top. 



Clammy Tobacco. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1821. PI. 2 to 3 

 feet? 



30 N. BONARIE'NSIS (Lehm. nicot. p. 27. t. 1.) stem herba- 

 ceous ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute, broader towards the 

 base, subrepand ; tube of corolla cylindrical ; segments of the 

 limb ovate, obtuse. . H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Plant 

 pubescently pilose. Leaves half stem-clasping at the base. 

 Flowers racemose, terminating the stem and branches. Caly- 

 cine segments nearly equal, narrow-lanceolate, acute. Corolla 

 downy, white ; tube a little dilated at top. 



Buenos Ayrean Tobacco. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1821. PI. 2 

 to 3 feet. 



SECT. IV. POLYDI'CLIA (from TroXuc, polys, many ; and 

 diclis, a valve ; in reference to the capsule being 4 or more 

 valved.) Corolla tubular, ventricose at the base, white inside, 

 and livid outside. Capsule 4 or many-valved. Flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary. 



31 N. QUADRIVA'LVIS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 141. 

 Spreng. syst. p. 48. no. 95. Lehm. nicot. p. 45. t. 4.) stem 

 herbaceous, branched ; leaves petiolate, oblong ; tube of corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx ; segments of the limb oblong, blunt- 

 ish ; capsule 4-valved, nearly globose. 0. H. Native of 

 North America, at the Missouri river. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1778. 

 The whole plant is clammy and pilose, with a bad smell. Supe- 

 rior leaves nearly sessile. Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; segments un- 

 equal. Corolla tubular, white inside. 



Four-valved-ca<psu\ed Tobacco. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1811. 

 PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



32 N. NA'NA (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 833.) plant dwarf; leaves 

 lanceolate, pilose : radical ones longer than the solitary flowers ; 

 corolla longer than the calyx, with obtuse segments. 0. H. 

 Native of North America, among the rocky mountains. Calyx 

 turbinate, clothed with glandular hairs. Corolla wliite, downy 

 outside. Flowers rising from the axils of the leaves. The In- 

 dians are said to prepare the finest of their tobacco from the 

 leaves of this species. 



