Nicotiana tabacum

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Read about Nicotiana tabacum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nicotiana tabacum, Linn. Tobacco. Herbaceous, annual, sometimes bi- or triennial and somewhat shrubby at base, viscid-pubescent: Lvs. thin, half-clasping, somewhat auricled, sessile, more or less decurrent, ovate, oblong, elliptic or lanceolate: fls. pedicellate in bracted panicles or racemes; calyx oblong, teeth unequal; corolla woolly without, "2-3 times longer than the calyx; tubes white or whitish; limb drooping, rose-colored or red; lobes acute or acuminate: caps, nearly equaling the calyx. Trop. Amer. Nees Fl. Germ. 24:461.— The fls. are diurnal. Cult. from earliest times by the Indians and often runs wild. Its commercial cult, being an agricultural subject is not discussed in this work. It is a striking plant in the garden. Var. angustifolia, Comes (N. chinensis, Fisch.). This is a narrow-lvd. variety from China and Java of which there are several hybrids. Intro, into the U. S. in 1906. Var. macrophylla, Schrank. A large-lvd. variety with large red fls., of which there are several horticultural forms, variously listed in the trade as N. grandiflora purpurea, N. atropurpurea grandiflora, N. rubra. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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