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2. Nicotiana longifldra Cav. Long-flowered 
; Tobacco. Fig. 3732. 
Nicotiana longiflora Cav. Descr. Pl. 106. 1802. 
Annual, minutely rough-puberulent and viscid; stem 
erect, slender, branched, 14°-3° high. Basal leaves 
ovate-lanceolate or broadly oblanceolate, obtuse, 6’—10’ 
long, 1-3’ wide, tapering into slender winged petioles; 
stem-leaves linear or lanceolate, sessile, 2’-4’ long; 
flowers in terminal racemes, short-pedicelled, 4-6’ long; 
calyx oblong, pubescent, its narrow lobes nearly as long 
as the tube; corolla white or purplish, viscid, the tube 
slender, 1-14” in diameter, expanding above, the lobes 
ovate-lanceolate, acute; capsule oblong. 
Near Harrisburg and Easton, Pa. Escaped from gar- 
dens. Native of South America. Aug.—Oct. 
12, PETUNIA Juss. Ann. Mus. Paris 2: 215. 
pl. 47. 1803. 
Viscid-pubescent annual or perennial branching herbs, 
with entire leaves, and axillary or terminal solitary white 
violet or purple flowers (in cultivation sometimes variegated). Calyx deeply 5-cleft or 
5-parted, the segments narrow. Corolla funnelform or salverform, the limb plicate, spread- 
ing, slightly irregular. Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla, 4 of them didy- 
namous, perfect, the fifth smaller or obsolete; filaments slender; anthers ovoid, 2-lobed. 
Disk fleshy. Ovary 2-celled; ovules numerous in each cavity; style filiform; stigma 2-lamel- 
late. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, the valves entire. Seeds small, the testa rugose. [Petun, 
an Indian name of tobacco.] 
About 12 species, natives of South America. Type species: Petunia parviflora Juss. 
Corolla white, its tube cylindric. 1. P. axillaris. 
Corolla violet-purple, its tube campanulate. 2. P. violacea. 
1. Petunia axillaris (Lam.) B.S.P. White 
Petunia. Fig. 3733. 
Nicotiana axillaris Lam. Encycl. 4: 480. 1797. 
Petunia nyctaginifora Juss. Ann. Mus. Paris, 2: 215. 
pl. 47. f. 2. 1803. 
Petunia axillaris B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 38. 1888. 
Very viscid; stem stout, about 1° high. Leaves 
ovate to obovate, obtuse or blunt-pointed at the 
apex, sessile, or the lower narrowed into short mar- 
gined petioles, 3’-4’ long, 1’-2’ wide; peduncles 
slender, 2’-4’ long, often longer than the leaves; 
calyx-segments linear-oblong, obtuse; corolla white, 
its tube cylindric, slightly enlarged above, 1-13’ 
long, 3-4 times as long as the calyx, its limb about 
2’ broad, the lobes rounded. 
In waste places, escaped from gardens, southern New 
York and Pennsylvania. Native of Brazil. July—Sept. 
f\ 
2. Petunia violacea Lindl. Violet Petunia 
Fig. 3734. 
Petunia violacea Lindl. Bot. Reg. pl. 1626. 1833. 
Similar to the preceding species, but usually 
rather lower, andthe stem slender. Leaves ovate 
or obovate, all but the uppermost petioled, mostly 
obtuse, 1’-23’ long; peduncles slender, 1-2’ long; 
calyx-segments linear, subacute, or obtuse j, CO- 
rolla violet-purple, its tube campanulate, 9°-15” 
long, the limb less abruptly spreading, 1’-13" 
broad, the lobes subacute. 
In waste places, escaped from gardens, southern 
New York and Pennsylvania. Native of southern 
Brazil and Paraguay. June—Sept. 
Petunia parvifldra Juss., a prostrate pubescent 
annual, with small linear to spatulate leaves, and a 
funnelform corolla 4”-5” long, has been found on 
ballast about the eastern seaports, from South 
America. 
