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Root ann -5 feet high, rather stout, terete, pale gia faney abe Cuk 
purple in es i, ne, oth, ves 4-6 or 8 inches long, sinuate or somew: 
lar-denta ce * petiol -3 or - octien in length. Calyx shoe evap Saye ee nearly 
Corolla ochroleucous (pale violet purple in 7. Tatula), a’ about 
3 antl long ; pos about an Seek in diamter. 
Waste places, farm-yards, road-sides, &c. Fl. July-August. Fr. September. 
Obs. A native of Asia or tropical America. Both varieties, the one 
with green and the other with purple stems, are very common. The 
herb and seeds are powerful narcotic poisons. sage oy Ss medici- 
nally, and the dried root is sometimes smoked as a remedy for asthma. 
Both varieties are coarse unsightly weeds, and those t foe extir- 
pated by the farmer. 
8. NICOTIA’NA, LZ. Tosacco. 
[Named in compliment to John Nicot ; who introduced it into France.] 
Calyx meinen reste: persistent. Corolla pepe pe limb 
tg plicately 5-lobed. Stamens included. Style simple; stigma 
ca Capaule covered by the calyx, septicidally #valved at apex, 
cet valves Praia bifid, retaining separate placenta. Seeds very nume- 
‘ x ‘ Pre um, L. Leaves large, lance- 
ovate, cote. Sete det of the corol- 
la acuminate, the throat infla 
Topacco Nicotiana. ‘Tobacco. 
Fr. Le Tabac. Germ. Der Taback. Span. 
Tabaco. 
Whole plant viscid-pubescent. Root ann e Stem 
4-6 feet high, Ee ut, enor almost woody. & base, 
ed a 
a 
length of the serciie, po segments lanceo- 
late erect. Corolla about Zinches sfong; i limb a. colored, 
spre — Daeg yellowi oa ‘'apsule ovoid, 
pee 
Known to ee about the year te 
Fi. cst August. Fr. Se 
Obs. The extent to which this na 
and powerfully narcotic plant is witivatel 
= chi empl usefon , and the modes in - 
which it is emplo gratify the senses, constitute, bisinenone 
the most remarkable traits in the history of civilized man. Were we 
not so prctical familiar with the business, we should doubtless bate: 
Fic. 167. cael datas a Wiel 
