Nicotiana forgetiana

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Read about Nicotiana forgetiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Nicotiana forgetiana, Hort. Sander. Herbaceous, annual: st. 2-3 ft. high, branching from the base: Lvs. papery, soft, pubescent; basal Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, largest about a foot long, obtuse, tapering to a winged petiole, slightly undulate; st.-lvs. similar, but smaller, ovate, with decurrent blades: fls. in broad loosely branched panicles; branches slender, glandular-pubescent; lower bracts leafy, narrow, acute, becoming smaller upward; pedicels slender, shorter than the fls.; calyx small, 5-toothed, covered with stiff hairs; teeth unequal, very slender, rigid j corolla narrow, funnelform, 1-1 J£ in. long, 1 in. diam.; sparsely hairy; lobes of the limb nearly equal, triangular, obtuse; stamens included; filaments hairy at base, jointed above their attachment to the corolla; ovary glabrous. Brazil. B.M. 8006.—Intro, into cult, about 1901 but not much in the trade, being used mostly in hybridizing.


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