NICOTIANA 



214-2 



iuul iKx-s not oloso hi tho luoniint: on oloiuiy days. One 

 of tl»c novelties in ISW and VMM). 



DOn. Cohr of corolla rose. 

 4. SAndera, Hort. 8an.ier ()' . alaUi x N . For- 

 0,liwm\ llorbaoeous. annual, yisoul-imbescen . ^b-. 

 •'V ft tall, of bu..hv habit; \.a.<al Ivs. larjjo spatulato, 

 un.h.lato; st.-lvs. "oblonn-lanooolate. shoit-iK-tiolcd, 

 u-un.inate. vnululato: lis. braotoolate n. larp- loose 

 ivuiieles; corolla ssilverfonn ; tube e>lnulne, 3 times 

 Ihe lenptli of the calyx, swollen above, sireenish yellow 

 tinted with rosts limb obli<iue; lobes elliptic, acute, 

 often emareinate, carmine-rose. Originated in l.tUJ 

 bv SatiderA: Sons, St. .\lbans, Kn^l^ul as a cross 



1- S K. 2-.21f.. K.E. •20:4:54. G. ■2li:14r, 2- :.W1. G.C. 

 Ill :U-V)t);30:l>l. CM. 47:57S; 4S:4t.,5. On. O-.lb. 

 i;\V. S:.V,0. R.U. 31:2.V IMl. ^'^or.:\i\^M,Mr^ 

 tive :uul popular garden plant intro. into II. S. m 1 J04. 

 cc. Lobes of coroUa obtuse or rounded. 

 D. Li's. jHiioh'd. 

 5 acuminata, Hook. {Pelitnia acumvutta Graham. 

 P vUck-<a. Miers. .V. diversifdlm. Noes ) Herbaceous, 

 annuiil, viscid-pubescent: st. slender, branching: Ivs. 

 ovate-lanceolate, undulate, sometimes subcordate, nar- 

 n.wed into a short iMHiole, apex lonp;-aciimmate: tls. 

 loo^c-racemosc; calvx jrlandular-pubescent, niembrana- 

 ceous-scarious, 5 nerves ending m narrow, linear, 

 unequiU tecthi corolla white, about .i m. lonj;; tulie 

 Rreen-veined, slightly curve.l, swollen above nearly .. 

 times as long :is the calyx; limb o-parted; lobes small, 

 obtuse, emarginate expande.l, ^7;^ V'^' Vfl , w I'q 

 caps, nearlv eciuaUng the calyx. Chile H.M. 2919.— 

 Not eoimnon in cult., un<ler which it appears to be 

 annual, but in its native habitat it is perennial. 

 DD. Lvs. sessile. 

 E. Fls. rose-colored. 

 6 Forgetiana, Hort. Sander. Herbaceous, anmud: 

 St ''-3 ft high, branching from 1h<- base; lvs, papery, 

 soft' pubes(vnt; basal lvs. oblong-lanceolate largest 

 about a foot long, obtuse, tapering to a winged pctio e, 

 slightlv umlulate; st.-lvs. shnilar, but smaller, ovate 

 with Recurrent blades: (Is. in broad loosely branched 

 panicles; branches .slender, glandular-iiubescent; lower 

 bracts leafv. narrow, acute, beeoining smaller upward 

 wdiccls slender, shorter than the fls.; calyx small, 

 5-toothed, covered with stiff hairs; teeth unequal very 

 slender, rigid; corolla narrow, fumielform, 1-1)4 i'|- 

 lone, 1 in. diam.; sparsely hairy; lobes of the lim > 

 nearly equal, triangular, obtuse; stamens inchwled, 

 filaments hairy at ba.se, jomte, above their at acl- 

 mcnt to the corolla; ovary glabrous. Brazil. 1 .M. 

 800t5— Intro, into cult, about 1901 but not much m 

 the trade, being used mostly in hybridizing. 

 EE. Flu. greenish. 

 F. St. pubescent throughout. 

 7 noctifldra, Hook. (^^ Inngiflora noctiflbra, Voss). 

 Herba<-eous, iK-rennial, glandular -viscid, hairs a.p- 

 presscd- st.2-:5 ft. tall, slender, branching: vs. petio- 

 latc oblong-lanceolate, sinuate or undulate-plicate, the 

 lower oblong-<jbtu.se, the upper nearly ses.sile Imear- 

 lanccolate, a<mte: fls. pe.licellate, horizontal, in terminal 

 panicUw; ealvx tubular, with .'5 uneciual, narrow, lanceo- 

 late acute "teeth; corolla salverfonn, mght-opemng, 

 frajtrant, greenish purjile without, white within, .i-4 

 times longer than the calvx: tube cyhndric; lobes eciiial 

 obcordate, emarginate, oblong; nectar-ring orange, 

 thickened: caps, longer than the calyx. Argentina ami 

 Chile. B.M. 278.5. Var. albifldra, Oornes, ha.s the 

 fls. nearly glabrous, glauftous, an<l greem.sh white or 

 gometimes pure white without insteiul of purj) ish, or 

 sometimes with a pun)lish vein in each corolla-lobe. 

 Argentina.— Very decorative. Intro, into L. S. from 

 Italv in 1(K)S. 



NICOTIANA 



FF. Si. glabrous above. 

 8. suaveolens, Lelim. Herbaceous, annual or bien- 

 nial, usually viscid: st, 1-2 ft tall, densely villous at 

 biuse, glabrous above: lvs. at base subpetiolate, spatu- 

 late .a.tusc, above ovate-lanceolate, acute, undulate, 

 .'n'tiole dc-current, the uppermost nearly sessile or 

 l-Wsping a.'uimnale, villous: fls. pedicellate, noddmg, 

 distant bracteolale, in terminal racemes; calyx .i- 

 loothcd, striate, tubular, pubescent; teeth linear- 

 lanceolate, narrow, acuminate, unequal; corolla giicn- 



2480. Nicotiana sylvestris. ( X H) 



than the calvx; limb purplish without, whit.e wi^thinj 

 somewhat 2:iipped, the upper lobes veo^ smal all 

 subrotund, obtuse or emargma e; caps, ovate obtuse 

 nearly equaling the calyx. Austral.-It is said to grow 

 n iKulerate shade. Var. undulata. Comes (N . undulata , 

 Vent., not Huiz & Pav.). The plant is taller: lvs large 

 undulate; fls. larger. B.M. 673. \ ar macrantha, Comes 

 iT.franrans, Bern.). The st. is glabrous; 'vs. ob ique, 

 sub^r.Uite-ovate, sinuate-rcpand acute: ^^'l;^ '^^6^' 

 white, mouth expanded; lobes obtuse. B.M. 48b5. 

 DB. Oi>arij 4- to many-celled. 

 9 quadrivalvis, I'ursh. Herbaceous, annual, viscid- 

 puberm: si. ci'ect.or bran.-hu.g: lvs. 4^b in. long, 

 e u.laU- oblong, the upper nearly sessile entire, lanceo- 

 ' te a cuie; maxgin often somewhat revo lute; fls. few on 

 tot ender pedicels; calyx -teeth linear corol a 

 t ibular, swollen below, tube about 1 in. long; limb 13/2 

 n , iam • lobes ovate, obtuse, dark purplish without, 

 whi e vithn: caps. 4-e<.lled. subglobose, nearly equa 1- 

 hig the calvx.-l'<.nnerly cult, by the Indians and s .11 

 g own by them to a slight .-xtent; P^^^ably does not 

 ocair outside Indian cu t. an.l gardens; l«J««^^ly ""'y,.^ 

 cull, mutant of N. Bigeloni, as it appeared n t'C chells 

 ,„.digree cultures of that species, tresh lvs. said to 

 smell like a goat, but the odor disappears on <lrying. 

 N. multivalvis, bindl., known only from Indian cut. 

 ,n Ore. an.l \Vvo., <hffers in the many'-celled mdeh.s- 

 cenl caps., and many-lobcd coroUa-limb. 



