340 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



near apex, supported by the persistent base of calyx ; 1-25 to 1'5 in. irt 

 diam. Seeds "25 in. diam. 



Vae. typica ; corolla purple. D. fastuosa, Linn. Syst. ed. X. 932 ;. 

 Eoxb. Flor. Ind. I. 561 ; Wall. Cat. 2638 ; Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 XVII. 74 ; Dun. in DC. Prod. XIII. 542 ; Miq. Mor. Ind. Bat. IL 

 669 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 242. D. Hummatu, Bernh. 

 in Linn. Litteraturber. (1883) 141. 



Var. alba, Clarke in Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 243 ; corolla white or 

 cream-coloured. D. alba, Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. 73 ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 852 ; Dun. in DC. Prod. XIII. 542 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 667.. 

 D. Metel, Eoxb. Flor. Ind. I. 561 ; Wall. Cat. 2639 {not of Linn.). 



Peeak : Larut, Scortechini ! Ulu Bubong, King's Collector I Singa- 

 pore : Hullett ! — Distkib. Tropical Africa, S.E. Asia. 



The purple-flowered variety has not been sent to Calcutta from any of the provinces- 

 Kunstler says that the white one is " not native " in Perak. 



5. NicoTiANA, Linn. 



Erect, viscid-pubescent herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves entire or- 

 sinuate. Bacemes paniculate, terminal or sub-terminal. Calyx tubular 

 or ovoid, 5-fid. Corolla funnel-shaped ; lobes 5, induplicate in bud. 

 Stamens attached to lower part of corolla-tube, filaments filiform ;. 

 anthers ovate, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform ;, 

 stigma shortly 2 -fid. Fruit a capsule, 2-celled, or rarely spuriously 

 almost 4-celled ; valves separating to their middle, often again splitting, 

 Seeds very many, small, scarcely compressed ; embryo nearly straights 

 — DiSTEiB. Species about 35 ; American, Australian, Polynesian. 



NicoTiANA Tabacum, Linn. Sp. PI. 180. A herb 2 to 3 feet higb 

 branching upwards, all parts glandular-pubescent. Leaves large, sessile^ 

 or sub-amplexicaul, ovate-lanceolate, acute, the lower decurrent; 4 to- 

 8 in. (the lower sometimes 12 to 15 in. long) by 2 to 3 in. across ; 

 tapering to the cuneate base. Flowers large, in compound corymbs with 

 short ultimate bracteate branchlets. Calyx campanulate, "5 in. long, 

 •3 in. wide, teeth 5, triangular-lanceolate, '2 in. long. Corolla pink or 

 pale-rose, linear-funnel-shaped, 1'75 to 2 in. long, limb 1 in. across, 

 lobes spreading ovate, sub-acuminate. Capsule ovate, '75 in. long, 

 •5 in. in diam., slightly exceeding calyx. Seeds small. Gaertn. Fruct. 

 I. 264, t. 55 ; Lamk 111. t. 113 ; Dun. in DC. Prod. XIII. 557 ; Miq., 

 Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 670 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 245. 



In all the provinces, cultivated. 



A native of America, cultivated in all warm countries. The common. 

 Tobacco. 



