Nicotiana rustica
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Nicotiana rustica, Linn. Herbaceous, annual, sometimes bi- or triennial, somewhat viscous pubescent: st. about 3 ft. tall, branching below: Lvs. petiolate, large, thickened, ovate or oblong, cordate or subcordate; entire or rarely undulate, obtuse: fls. day-opening, pedicellate, in terminal racemes, yellowish or greenish, about 1 in. long; tube cylindric, inflated above, contracted at the throat, slightly villous, 2-3 times longer than the calyx; limb glabrous, yellowish; lobes short, rounded: caps, ovate to subglobose, apex often somewhat umbilicate. Mex. and Texas. Barton, Fl. 1:25.—Said to be the first species of tobacco intro. into Eu. Its use was made known by John Nicot for whom the genus was named.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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