MISSISSIPPI I-: \'PF,RIM1-:\T STA'I'loX. 



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few, small, inx\L;iilar and sliri\-(.'k'il with an orrasinnal scnl. (Sec 

 l"is;s. ^1, 5c. and in:.) 



The Taliaruni x s\d\-(,'slris h\'lirids arc lhrifl\- jilanls, larucr llnan 

 oitluT parent and rcniarkalily nnilunn in size, and aiipearanix'. They 

 are iutennediate heUveen the two jiarents in certain \\'a\'s, but in the 

 mam the i.'haraclers nf the pistillate i)arent, Nicotiana laliacnm, arc 

 d. nnmanl. The li\iinds, as slated al>i)\-e, arc taller than cither jiarcnt, 

 licini;' fi\'c til six Icet in hci,L;hl, while X. Taliaciim is three and one- 

 half tij four feet, anil X. s\d\'cstris fom' to four and onc-lialf feet liiK'h. 

 d^lu' i^'cncral haliil of tile jilant and tlie fonn of tile inflorescence rescm- 

 lilcs X. syh'cstris rather elosch" (fi,i,'s. I, 2, 3), Ijut tile leaves are more 

 like X. Takacum Icax'cs. The\' are lar>.;e, acuminate, ruposc, and 

 rather almndanl hi^h uji on tlic stem; they hax'c almut the same thick- 

 ness as X. sx'k'cstris k'a\'es, and are slightly more asccndin.t; than in 

 X. Taljaeiim, 



The floNwrs do not rescml ik' those of cither parent axtv closely 

 ifii;- .3). Thc\' urc li,L;ht-])ink, moslk' not quite so dark as the N. 

 Taliacum flmwrs. Thcloljcs of t1ie corolla liax'c a tendency to ke 

 irregular; liolh |iari'nts ha\'c rci;iilar t'orollas. Tile spread of the corolla 

 is greater than that of cither ])arent and the tuke wider; the tube is 

 loiiLjcr than in X, Takacim, liul shorter than in X. s\-l\-estris. The form 



Fig. 6. — Leaves of 



A. N. Tabacum 



B. N. sylvestris 



C. Hybrid 



