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CHAPTER II. 



A Defer iption of the Plant and its F lower s* 



H E R E are feveral fpecies of the To- 

 bacco Plant, and thefe are chiefly dif- 

 tinguifhable by their flowers, and the junc- 

 tion of the leaves to the ftalks ; but as this 

 is not intended for a Botanical Treatife, I 

 fhall confine my defcription to thofe forts 

 which are cultivated in the colonies for ex- 

 portation : thefe are two ; the Oronokoe and 

 the fweet-fcented - y which differ from each 

 other in no refpecS but in the fhape of their 

 leaves, thofe of the former being longer and 

 narrower than the latter. Both are tall, 

 herbaceous plants, of an ereft growth and 

 noble foliage, rifing each with a ftrong ftem 

 (in their native foil) to the height of from 

 fix to nine feet. The ftalk is upwards of 

 an inch diameter near the root, and fnr- 

 rounded with a kind of hairy or velvet, 

 C clammy 



