NICOTIANA 



tomentdsa, Ruiz & Pav. {iV. coldssen, Andrfl. Peren- 

 nial, rarely blooming in the North, but easily propagated 

 ])y cuttings and treated as a tender annual: H to 10 ft. 

 and more, very stout and branchy, viscid -pubescent : 

 Ivs. obovate-oblong and acuminate, narrowed to clasping 

 and decurrent base, 1-3 ft. long, pale and reticulate be- 

 neath: fls. short, the tube inflated at the top and slightly 

 curved, pubescent, the lobes ovate and obtuse and nearly 



NIDULARIUM 



1089 



1489. Nicoti 



or quite equal, the color of the tube pale green and of 

 the limb yellowish outside and pale rose within. Brazil. 

 B.M. 7252. G.C. III. 9:83. Gng. 1:97. A. G. 11:117. -A 

 most remarkable plant for large and rapid growth. Very 

 useful in making subtropical effects. The plants came 

 up in soil in which Brazilian on-liids wvn- shipped to 

 France, and it began to attract fri n.ral Mtt.-ntic.n in France 

 about 1889. It usually has redilish si, his, tlirr.hy adding 

 to the bold effect. Seeds should be started under glass. 

 There is a var. variegata, Hort., with mottled and mar- 

 gined foliage. R. H. 1893, p. 9. G.M. 37:61. 



N. acuminata. 'iioo^i. Slender: Ivs. petioled, broad-lanceolate, 

 acuminate: tis. long-tiibular. with small obtuse lobes, white. 

 Argentina. B.M.'I'IUI.— N.fragraiis, Hook. Threeto4ft.: Ivs. 

 sessile, obovate or spalulate: tis. with very long, slender tubes 

 (as in N. sytvt'stris) and a large spreading regular limb with 

 emarginate Inl>cs, wliite. NewCaledonia. B.M.4S95.-N.Ldngs- 

 ilnrfii. Schraiik. Two to 3 ft., viscid: Ivs. sessile, oval or ovate: 



La..s;s,l 





seult.by the Indians for tobacco. l_ jj_ 3^ 



NICOTONIA is a name given bv the undersigned to 

 hybrids of Nicotiana and Petunia offered in 1893. They 

 were originally described as follows: "The plants have 

 slender, drooping or trailing toraentose green, red and 

 purple stalks and leaves twice or three times as large 

 as the Petunia; the flowers are handsome, white, pink, 

 carmine or striped and borne in plenteous profusion. 

 No seed is ever produced, but they are very readily 

 multiplied by cuttings." 



These plants have unfortunately vanished from culti- 

 vation. They were, of course, annuals. They were 



semi-trailing plants, tin- 

 short, woolly hair-, n,, 

 var. (irandUh.r. \ 

 the former prol,:ii 



lar thing abou ,1,- 



seemed in all casrs i,, l<c 

 though the tops in all the 

 with much vigt 



^s covered with abundant 

 ss was Petunia hybrida, 

 I i./ttndioides, var. rubra, 

 -, I'd parent. The singu- 

 s the fact that the root 

 ilyzed and very defective, 

 ay hybrids produced grew 



The blooms were beautiful, and it is 

 a pity that the plants were not grafted on tobacco roots. 

 Luther Bi-rbank. 

 NIDULABIUM (from Latin nidu.'i, a n,stl. //, „ 

 melidcew. About 15 Brazilian epiphytes. 1,\ s,,ni,. r,.- 

 ferred to Karatas and other genera, but hv .M, /, ,Ih'. 

 Monogr. Phaner. 9) kept distinct. The ll,.w, i-s ;„■,. |„.,- 

 feet, borne in simple or ,-,,iii|ioiiii.l ti.:,,|s. th,' ],. t.ils 



joined 

 species) 

 related 

 strap-sh 



rhich se 



the 



: Hillljergia, 



In the following account, the genus is held to comprise 

 the species referred by Mez to Aregelia, having simple 

 flower-clusters, whereas Nidularium proper has com- 

 pound clusters. 



A. Flower-cluster simple {Aregelia). 

 B. Length of flower 1)4 in. or less. 



tiiste, Kegel {If. marmordium, Hort., not Morr. 

 Kardtas tristis. Baker. Aregelia tristis, Mez). Lvs. 

 6-12, from 6-12 in. long and half as broad in the middle, 

 green dappled with brown, somewhat scurfy beneath: 

 flower purple: bract-lvs. narrow-linear: fr. oblong, white. 



BB. Length of flower l\i in. < 

 Morrenianum, Makoy {Kardtn.'^ 31 

 Aregelia Morreniana, Mez). Lvs. i 

 rosette, with few very minute spines, no 

 scurfy beneath : fls. many, dark p\n|,lc 

 lanceolate. 

 N. Carolinae, L,mii. , V. m: h 



. Ant. 

 dense 

 k-nsely 



red: fls. blue-puridr. in 

 bright leaf-cup. B.M. .". 

 prlnceps, Morr. I .V. x/ 

 ceps, Baker. K. ,1/,',/, u< 

 Mez). Lvs. 1,^-Jn, :i!,,> 

 the middle, Ann. spi.n 



bright red bract- lvs. 



Bindti, Morr. (.T. .¥,</,, 

 Morr. Aregelia Jliu'^li. 

 scurfy and transversely 

 ones similar in color: li 

 founded with Bromelia 



• Jnrfii, Kegel. Ka 

 . Hort. Billbergia 

 Lvs. several to i 

 ly spiny-toothed. 



.Kegel. Kardtas Binbti, 

 Lvs. 15-20, strong-spiny, 

 1 on the back, the inner 

 , white. Not to be con- 



AA. Fhiiccr-chister compound. 



B. Petals joined below. 



c. Flowers white. 



Innocintii, Lem. (Kardtas TnnocSntii, Ant.). Stem- 

 less and stoloniferous: lvs. about 20, in a dense rosette, 

 strap-shaped, about 1 ft. long, broadest near the middle, 

 with many small, spiny teeth, gr<-eii l»iit jii,,r,- or less 

 tinted brown or red, the oval bract [\s. i,,i-lii ,-,.,i: flg. 

 in a dense head, white. I. H. 9;:i_".'. .\;iiim ,1 for the 

 Marquis de St. Innocent, amateur, of .Viiiun, France. 

 There is a form with yellow-striped lvs. I. H. 41:5. 

 This species is one of the best Nidulariuras. 



striatum. Baker (TV. Mahoydnum, Morr., not Hort. 

 Kardtas negUcta, Baker). Lvs. 8-12 in. long, strap- 

 shaped, fine-toothed, prominently striped with central 

 bands of white and shading to cream-color towards the 

 margin, the body colordeep green and not brown-tinted. 

 G.C. III. 8:183 (desc.).-A good species. 



