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a warm border; and the plants, when removed to the beds where they are to flower, should be planted about 
three feet apart every way. While the plants are young, the joints of the leaves should be frequently examined, 
lest they should be attacked by a caterpillar, which often destroys the young opening leaves, and consequently 
the beauty of the plant. 
2.—NICOTIANA MACROPHYLLA, Spreng. THE LARGE-LEAVED, OR OROONOKO TOBACCO. 
Synonymes. —N. latissima, Mill. ; N. gigantea, Hort. ; N. at the base ; throat of corolla inflately ventricose ; segments of the 
tahacum, var. macrophyllum. limb short, acuminated.—(G. Don.) 
Specific Character. —Leaves stem-clasping, ovate, acute, auricled 
Description, &c.— This is the largest species of tobacco, as it frequently grows seven or eight feet high, with 
enormous leaves and pink flowers. The whole plant bears a great resemblance to the common Yirginian 
tobacco, except that it is larger in all its parts. This is much grown in Cuba, and its leaves are used for making 
the larger and coarser kinds of Havannah cigars. In England it is generally confounded with N. tahacum , and 
the year of its introduction is uncertain. 
3.—NICOTIANA ItUSTICA, Lin. THE ROBUST, OR COMMON ENGLISH TOBACCO. 
Varieties.- —-These are very numerous ; but the kind best known is 
N. r. 2, Asiatica, Schultes; syn. N. Sibirica, Ilort.; N. Tatarica, 
Hort. ; N. scabra, Cav. ; N. rugosa, Mill. 
Specific Character. —Stem terete; leaves petiolate, quite entire ; 
tube of corolla cylindrical, longer than the calyx ; segments of the 
leaf roundish, obtuse.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— This is the hardiest of all the kinds; and, indeed, when once sown, it is so difficult to 
eradicate, that it may be almost considered a weed. It was one of the first species introduced, having been 
brought to England in 1570; and it is the plant known among the Indians by the name of Petun. It is a plant 
of no beauty, the flowers being of a dirty greenish-yellow, and the whole plant being covered with clammy hairs, 
extremely disagreeable to the touch. It is, however, very generally grown in large kitchen-gardens for the 
leaves, which, from their strong, rank odour, are considered very efficacious for fumigating insects, &c. Seeds 
are common in all the seed-shops, and they only require to be sown in the open border. 
4.—NICOTIANA LANGSDORFII, Wein. LANGSDORFF’S TOBACCO. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 2221, and t. 2555 ; and our fig. 8, in petiolate; superior ones almost sessile, decurrent; tube of corolla 
Plate 45. clavate; segments of the limb obtuse.—(G. Don.) 
Specific Character. —Stem branched ; lower leaves ovate, obtuse, 
Description, &c.— -A very handsome plant, growing about three feet high, with clear yellowish-green flowers. 
This species is a native of Brazil, from which country it was sent to Europe by M. Langsdorff, the Russian consul 
at Rio de Janeix - o. It was introduced into England in 1819, but it is by no means common in collections. 
5.—NICOTIANA LONGIFLORA, Cav. THE LONG-FLOWERED TOBACCO. 
Engravings. —Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2nd Ser. t. 196 ; and our 
Jig. 5, in Plate 45. 
Specific Character. —Scabrous; cauline leaves stem-clasping, 
cordate-lanceolate, acuminated ; tube of the corolla long, filiform, five 
times longer than the subfoliaceous calyx; lobes of corolla ovate- 
lanceolate, acute.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— A very elegant species, from the great length and slenderness of' the tube of the corolla, 
which is delicately white on its inner surface, and greenish outside. The plant is of rather low growth, rarely 
exceeding two feet, and the leaves are of much feebler texture than those of most of the other species. The 
