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2. "D. fastuosa (proud), Linn.; Wiyht, lc. t. 1396; Clarke, in Hook. FI. 
Brit. Ind. iv. 242. A soft-wooded annual of 2 or 3ft. Leaves ovate entire or 
deeply toothed, very unequal-sided at the base. Calyx 2 or 3in. long ; lobes 
erect, lanceolate. Corolla white, 6 to 7in. long ; limb 4 to Sin. diameter, 5 to 6- 
toothed. Capsule over 4 in. diameter, subglobose, spinous. — Rumph. Herb. Amb. 
v., t. 87, fig. 1. 
Flab.: An Indian weed naturalised in most warm countries. Mount. Perry, J. Keys : Charters 
Towers, C. Plant. 
3. D. stramonium (an abbreviation of the Creek for Mad Apple), Linn. 
Thorn or Mad Apple. A coarse glabrous or farinose puberulous heavy-scented 
annual, about. 2ft. high. Leaves ovate, toothed or sinuate, 4 to Oin. long, 3 to 
4in. broad, petioles about lin. Pedicels none or short. Calyx 1 to nearly 2in. 
long and 8 or 4 lines broad ; lobes 3 lines long, ovate-lanceolate. Corolla 3 to 
Sin. long, mouth 1 to Bin. broad ; lobes 5, linear, 3 lines long. Capsule ellipsoid, 
14in. long, equally spinous on all sides, spines subulate, about 2 lines long. — 
Benth. and Trim. Med. PI. t. 192 ; Stramonium, vulqatnm, G;ertn. Fruct. ii. 243 
t. 132, fig. 4. 
Hab : A weed of most warm countries. 
Among the specimens of this weed received from correspondents some may belong to the 
purple-Howered variety ( D Tntnla, Willd. Sp. PI.) 
8. NICOTIANA, Linn. 
(After John Nicot, of Nismes.) 
Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, persistent. Corolla with a cylindrical tube, the 
limb more or less spreading, 5-lobed, induplicate or folded in the bud. Stamens 5, 
included in the tube, often unequal ; anthers -2-celled. opening longitudinally. 
Ovary 2-celled : stigma broadly 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule opening in 2 bifid 
valves parallel to the disepiment which remains attached to the axis. Seeds 
numerous. Embryo slightly curved, in a fleshy albumen. — Herbs usually erect 
and coarse. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers white greenish-yellow or dull- 
red, in terminal racemes often branching into very loose panicle-like cymes. 
An almost entirely American genus. 
A tree. Leaves glaucous. Flowers yellow l.*N. ylauca. 
A large-leaved viscid herb. Flowers funnel-shaped, often pink 2 ,*N. Tabacum. 
Slender herb. Leaves on long petioles. Flowers with slender tube ... 3. N. suaveolens. 
1. N,, glauca (grey), Graham. Tree Tobacco. A small tree 15 to 20ft. 
high. Leaves ovate, often exceeding 5in. in length and Sin. in width, fleshy and 
glaucous ; the petioles often long. Flower panicles drooping, terminal ; flowers 
tubular, greenish-yellow, exceeding lin. in length. 
Hab.: Native of Buenos Ayres. Naturalised in a few inland localities. 
2. i: N. Tabacum (a Latin form of Tobacco), Linn.; Gtertn. P’mct. i. 264 
t. 55. The Tobacco. A tall plant. Leaves large, oblong or elliptic, base 
cuneate. Flower corymbs compound, ultimate branches short. Calyx-teeth 
3-angular, lanceolate. Corolla linear-funnel-shaped. Capsule about fin. long. — 
Benth. and Trimen. Med. PI. t. 191. 
Hab.: Native of America, and met with as a stray from cultivation in most warm countries. 
3. N. suaveolens (sweet-scented), Lehm. Hist. Nicot. 43; Benth. FI. 
Awitr. iv. 469. An erect annual or biennial of 1 to 2ft., more or less pubescent 
or villous and usually viscid. Lower leaves on long petioles, ovate or spathulate, 
the upper ones usually narrow and sessile although contracted at the base, but 
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