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near apex, supported by the persistent base of calyx ; 1'25 to 1'5 in. in 
diam. Seeds -25 in. diam. 
Var. 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. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 
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.). 
Perak : Larut, Scortechini ! Ulu Bubong, King's Collector ! Singa- 
pore : Hullett ! — Distrib. 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. Racemes 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 straight. 
■ — Distrib. Species about 35 ; American, Australian, Polynesian. 
Nicotiana Tabacum, Linn. Sp. PI. 180. A herb 2 to 3 feet high 
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. 
