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existed in China before the discovery of America, and he furthermore says that from this 

 the best Cuban tobacco is obtained. 



N. clevelandi A. Gray, tobacco. 



California. Professor Rothrock ' is of the opinion that the early natives of California 

 smoked the leaves. This tobacco is excessively strong and was found in association with 

 the shell-heaps which occur so abundantly on the coasts of southern and central California. 



N. glutinos* Linn, tobacco. 



South America. According to Humboldt,' this species is cultivated in Europe. 



N. loxensis H. B. & K. tobacco. 



The Andes. This species is said by Humboldt to be similar to cultivated tobacco. 



N. paniculata Linn, tobacco. 



South America. This species yields the tobacco of Russia. The young leaves are 

 removed, dried in the shade and buried beneath hay ricks, when they become of a brownish- 

 yellow color.* 



N. quadrivalvis Pursh. tobacco. 



Western North America. This tobacco is cultivated by the Arikara and Mandan 

 Indians. The tobacco prepared from it is excellent and the most delicate is formed of 

 the dried flowers.* The calyx is very fetid and is preferred to any other part. 



N. repanda Willd. tobacco. 



Mexico. This species is used, according to Masters,' in the manufacture of some 

 of the most highly esteemed cigars. 



N. rustica Linn, tobacco. 



Mexico. This species is found in old fields from New York westward and southward, 

 a relic of cultivation by the Indians.^ It is cultivated in all parts of the globe and has 

 even become wild in Africa. It is supposed to be the kind originally introduced into 

 Europe. It fxunishes the East Indian tobacco, also that of the Philippines, and the 

 kinds called Latakia and Turkish, according to Masters.* It is the yetl cultivated by the 

 ancient Mexicans.' 



N. tabactun Liim. tobacco. 



South America. This is the principal species of cultivated tobaccos, a native of 

 America and known to the outer world only after the discovery. It was first seen by 

 Europeans in 1492 when Coltunbus '"saw the natives of Cuba having in their mouths a 



' Rothrock, J. T. Set. Amer. 99. 1880. 

 ' Humboldt, A. Trav. 2:507 note. 1889. 

 Ibid. 



Enc. Brii. 18:520. 1859. 



Pursh, F. Fl. Amer. Septent. i:i\i, 1^2. 1814. 



Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:787. 1870. 

 'Gray, A. Synopt. Fl. No. Amer. 2:241 pt. i. 1886. 

 Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:787. 1870. 

 Humboldt, A. Tratr. 1:226. 1889. 



" U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 236. 1853. 



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