The Species are, 
1. Nicotiana ( Latijjima ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis rugo- 
lis, fe m iam plexica uli bu s. Tobacco with oval , fpear- 
f japed. , rough leaves , which half embrace the ftalks. 
Hyofcyamus Peruvianus. Ger. 357. Tobacco , or Hen- 
bane of Peru. 
2. Nicotiana ftTabacum) foliis lanceolato-ovatis decur- 
rentibus, floribus acutis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 258. To- 
bacco with oval , fpear-jhaped , running leaves , fitting clofe 
to the ftalks. Nicotiana major ktifolia. C. B. P. 169. 
Greater broad-leaved Tobacco. 
3. Nicotiana ( Anguftifolia ) foliis lanceolatis acutis, fef- 
filibus, calycibus acutis, tubo floris longjffimo. Plat. 
18 5. Tobacco with acute fpear-jhaped leaves fitting clofe 
to the ftalks , Jharp -pointed empalements , ^ very long 
tube to the fewer-. Nicotiana major anguftifolia. C. 
B. P. 1 70. Greater narrow-leaved T ohacco. 
.4* Nicotiana ( Fruticofa ) foliis lineari-lanceolatis acu- 
minatis iemiamplexicaulibus, caule.fruticofo. Tobacco 
with linear , fpear-jhaped , acute-pointed leaves , half em- 
bracing the ftalks , # Jhrubby ftalk. Nicotiana major 
anguftiflimo folio perennis. Juft. Narrow eft -leaved , 
greater , perennial T obacco. 
5. Nicotiana {Alba) foliis ovatis acuminatis femiam- 
plexicaulibus, capfulis ovatis obtufis. T 'obacco with 
oval acute-pointed leaves half embracing the ftalk, and 
oval obtufe feed-veffels. Nicotiana major latifolia, flo- 
ribus albis, vafculo brevi. Martyn. Dec. 5. Greater 
broad-leaved Tobacco with white flowers, and a fhort 
feed-veffel. 
6. Nicotiana (. Ruftica ) foliis petiolatis ovatis inte- 
gerrimis, floribus obtufis. Lin. Sp. 25S. Tobacco with 
oval entire leaves, and obtufte flowers. Nicotiana minor. 
C. B. P. 170. Smaller Tobacco, commonly called Englijh 
T obacco. 
7. Nicotiana ( Rugofta ) foliis ovatis rugofis petiolatis. 
T obacco with oval rough leaves, having foot-ftalks. 
Nicotiana minor, foliis rugofioribus amplioribus. 
Vaill. Smaller Tobacco with larger and rougher leaves. 
8. Nicotiana (P aniculata) foliis petiolatis cordatis in- 
tegerrimis, floribus paniculatis obtufis clavatis. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 259. Tobacco with heart-fhaped leaves, pani- 
culate d flowers, and club-Jhaped tubes. Nicotiana mi- 
nor, folio cordiformi tubo floris prtelongis. Feuill. 
O'bf. 1. p.717. tab. 10. Smaller Tobacco with a heart- 
fhaped leaf, and a very long tube to the flower. 
9. Nicotiana {Glutinofa) foliis petiolatis cordatis inte- 
gerrimis, racemofis floribus fecundis ringentibus, ca- 
lycibus inaequalibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 259. Tobacco 
with heart-fhaped leaves, having foot-ftalks, branching 
ringent petals, and unequal empalements. 
10. Nicotiana (. Humilis ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis obtufis 
rugofis, calycibus breviffimis. Plat. 185. Tobacco with 
oval, fpear-jhaped, obtufe, rough leaves, and a very 
fhort empdlement . Nicotiana humilis, primulas veris 
folio. Houft. MSS. Dwarf Tobacco with a Primrofe 
leaf. 
The firftfort was formerly the moft common Tobac- 
co which was fown in England, and which has been 
generally taken for the common broad-leaved Tobac- 
co of Cafpar Bauhin, and others, but is greatly dif- 
ferent from it. The leaves of this fort are more than 
a foot and a half long, and a foot broad, their fur- 
faces very rough and glutinous : when thefe plants 
are in a rich moift foil, they will grow more than ten 
feet high •, the bafe of the leaves half embrace the 
ftalks •, the upper part of the ftalk divides into fm aft- 
er branches, which are terminated by loofe bunches 
of flowers Handing erect ^ they have pretty long tubes, 
and are of a pale purpliffi colour. It flowers in July 
and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. 
This is the fort of Tabacco which is commonly 
brought to the markets in pots to adorn the (hops 
and balconies of London, and by fome is called Qroo- 
noko Tobacco. 
The fecond fort is the broad-leaved Tobacco of Caf- 
per Bauhin ; the ftalks of this feldom rife more than 
five or fix feet high, and divide into more branches 
than the firft. The leaves are about ten inches long, 
and three and a half broad, frnooth, and end in acute 
points, fitting clofe to the ftalks r„ the flowers of this 
are rather larger, and of a. brighter purple colour 
than thofe of the firft. It flowers and perfects feeds 
at the fame time ; this is by fome called fweet-feented 
Tobacco. j -t * 
The third fort riles with an upright .branching ftalk 
four or five feet high •, the lower leaves are°a foot 
long, and three or four inches broad •, thofe on the 
ftalks are much narrower, leffening to the top, and 
end in very acute _ points, fitting clofe to the ftalks 5 
they a-re very glutinous. The flowers grow in loofe 
bunches at the top of the ftalks, they have long tubes, 
and are of a bright purple or red colour. Thefe ap- 
pear at the fame time with the former forts, and their 
leeds ripen in the autumn. 
The fourth fort rifes with very branching ftalks about 
five feet high •, the leaves on the lower part of the 
ftalks are a foot and a half long, broad at the bafe, 
where they half embrace the ftalks, and are about 
three inches broad in the middle, terminating in long 
acute points •, the ftalks divide into many fm after 
branches, which are terminated by loofe bunches of 
flowers, of a bright putple colour, and are fucceeded 
by acute-pointed feed-veffels. This flowers about 
the fame time with the former, but if the plants ait; 
placed in a warm green-houfe, they will live through, 
the winter. The feeds of this fort were lent me ior 
Brazil Tobacco. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in the woods in the 
i Hand of Tobago, from whence the feeds were fent 
me by the late Mr. Robert Millar. This rifes about 
five feet high ; the ftalk does not branch fo much as 
thofe of the former •, the leaves are large and oval, 
about fifteen inches long and two broad in the middle, 
but diminifh gradually in their fize to the top of the 
ftalk, and with their bafe half embrace it. The 
flowers grow in clofer bunches than thofe of the for- 
mer, and are white ; thefe are fucceeded by fhort, 
oval, obtufe feed-veffels. It flowers and perfects feeds 
about the fame time with the former. 
The fixth fort is commonly called Englifft Tobacco, 
from its having been the firft which was introduced 
here, and being much more hardy than the other 
forts. The feeds ripen very freely, and fcattering in 
the autumn, the plants have come up without care, 
wherever any of the plants have been buffered to run 
to feed, fo that it has been a weed in many places ; 
but it came originally from America, by the title of 
Petum. Dodonaeus, Tabernemontanus, and others, 
have titled it Hyofcyamus luteus, from the affinity 
there is between this plant and the Henbane ; but the 
flowers of this are tubulous, and not ringent, as are 
thofe of the Henbane ; nor do the feed-veffels of this 
open with a lid on the top, as that of Henbane. The 
ftalks of this feldom rife more than three feet hio-h : 
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the leaves are placed alternately on the ftalks, Hand- 
ing upon fhort foot-ftalks •, they are oval and frnooth. 
The flowers grow in fmall loofe bunches on the 
top of the ftalks •, they have fhort tubes, which 
lpread open at the top, and are' cut into five obtule 
fegments, of an herbaceous yellow colour, appearing 
in July, and are fucceeded by roundiffi capfules, filled 
with fmall feeds, which ripen in the autumn. 
The feventh fort rifes with a ffrong ftalk near four 
feet high •, the leaves of this are fhaped like thofe of 
the former, but are greatly furrowed, on their furface 
and near twice the fize, of a darker green, and have 
longer foot-ftalks. The flowers are larger than thofe 
of the former, and of the fame fhape. This is un- 
doubtedly a diftindt plant from the former, for I have 
fown the feeds more than thirty years, and have nev^r 
found any of the plants vary. 
The eighth fort was found growing naturally in the 
valley of Lima, by Pere Feuiile, in the year 1710 ; 
and of late years the feeds of it were fent from Peru, 
by the younger de Juffieu, to Paris. The ftalk of 
this fort rifes more than three feet high, dividing up- 
ward into many fmaller panicled branches, which are 
round and a little hairy j the leaves are heart-fhaped, 
about four inches long, and three broad, Handing 
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