Nicotiana suaveolens

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Read about Nicotiana suaveolens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Nicotiana suaveolens, Lehm. Herbaceous, annual or biennial, usually viscid: st. 1-2 ft. tall, densely villous at base, glabrous above: Lvs. at base subpetiolate, spatulate, obtuse, above ovate-lanceolate, acute, undulate, petiole decurrent, the uppermost nearly sessile or clasping, acuminate, villous: fls. pedicellate, nodding, distant, bracteolate, in terminal racemes; calyx 5- toothed, striate, tubular, pubescent; teeth linear- lanceolate, narrow, acuminate, unequal; corolla greenish purple, night-opening, fragrant, pubescent, salverform; tube slender, cylindric, striate, 4 times longer than the calyx; limb purplish without, white within; somewhat 2-lipped, the upper lobes very small, all subrotund, obtuse or emarginate: caps, ovate, obtuse, nearly equaling the calyx. Austral.—It is said to grow in moderate shade. Var. undulata, Comes (N. undulata, Vent., not Ruiz & Pav.). The plant is taller: Lvs. large, undulate: fls. larger. B.M. 673. Var. macrantha, Comes (N. fragrans, Bern.). The st. is glabrous: Lvs. oblique, subcordate-ovate, sinuate-repand, acute: corolla large, white, mouth expanded; lobes obtuse. B.M. 4865.


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