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Show ‘The: Bak ao sre pn ee RB AL. RAT 1 Sun 3. Short leaved Tobacco, Broad-leaved Tobacco. HERBA and are 3. Small-fi 1 Thornapple. lio brevi. The roof* is Jong, thick, divided into many parts, andfurnifhed withfibres. The ftalk is round, thick, firm, ereét, divided into a few branches, andfix feet high, Theleaves are very large, long, and broad: they have no pedicles, but furround the ftalk in great part at their bafe, and are of a deep green, anddivided at the edges: they ftand irre- gularly, and are very numerous. The flowers grow on flender and long footflalks at the tops of the branches andofthe main- ftalk: they are very large, and of a beautiful red: they are long, tubular, and narrowat the bottom. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are numerous. It is a native of America. The Europeans became acquainted with it about two hundred years fince; and from that time the demand has been fo great for the dryed leaves that it is one of the principal articles of the traffick of that part of the world. C. Bauhine calls it Nicotiana major latifolia. Others, fimply, Nicotiana or Petum and Tabacum. 2. Narrow-leaved Tobacco. Nicotiana angu The root is long, thick, divided into many parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The ftalk is round, firm, ereét, and four feet high, very little branched, and fomewhat hairy. The leaves ftand alternately, and have no footftalk, but in part enclofe the ftalk at the bafe: they are very long and narrow: they are undi- vided at the edge, and tharp pointed. The flowers are fmaller than thofe of the former, but in themfelves confiderably large: they are of a faint red, long, tubular, and divided at the edge. Thefeed-vefiel is large, and the feeds are nu- merous. 8 It is a native of America, as the other, and flowers, with it, in June and July. C. Bauhine calls it Nicotiana major angufif olia, The root is long, thick, divided into n parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres The ftalk is round, thick, hairy, and three high. The leaves ftand irregularly, and are broader andfhorter than thofe of the common kind, and more hairy: they do not enclofethe ftalk at the bafe, as thofe do, but ftand on pedicles, which are alfo hairy. The flowers ftand upon long, flender foorftalks at the top of the ftalk and branches, and theyare fmall, and of a greenifh colour, with a tinge of yellow. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are numerous, It is a native of South America, and flowers in July. C, Bauhine calls it Nicotiana minor. The flowers grow % ivifions of the branches, and are very large, and of a fnow The root is large, divided, white, long, tubular, and hollow. The ftalks are numerous, The feed-veffel is of an oval figure, and of the bignefs of a walnut: it is covered with fhort, fharp prickles. The feeds are large and brown. Many infeéts are fondof the flefhypart of this feed-veflel; fo that, whenit has hung fome time onthe plant, it is not uncommontofee it eaten away between the folid’ parts, which then remaining entire, bleach in the air, and thewits fkeleton. It is a native of the fouthern parts of America, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhinecalls it Solanum fotivum frudu Jpinofo oblongo flere albo. Others, Stramonium, and Datura frudu ovato. four yards high: ¢ are irregular in growth, and very much branched. eaves ftand on long foorfi of a beautiful green: they are ¢ deeply divided into a kind pointed fegments. The flowers are numerous, |! ful: they rife from the {talks near the i of the leaves, and have fhort pedicles : ey are purplifh on the outfide, white as fnow within, and divided at the edge into fegments, which terminate in a kindof tails. The fruit is round, and of the bi cobnut: it is fometimes covered with flight, { prickles, and fometimes only rough on the furface. The floweralfo is frequently double. It is a native of Egypt and fome parts of the eaft; and flowers in Autum C. Bauhine calls it Sof Spinofo rotundo femine pallida. The leaves have an ill fmell; but the flov are {weet. Alpinus calls it Datura co Datura, the name Linnzus giv 2. Round Thornapple. 4. Dwarf Tobacco. Stramonium fruciu rotundo. Nicotiana minima. The root is long, flender, fimple, and fi nifhed but with few fibres. The leaves are numerous, oblong, broad, and placed onlong footftalks. Theyare pointed at the end, and not at all ferrated at the edges, of a flefhy fubftance, and of a dufky green. The flowers are fmall, but of a beautiful red- they ftand on flender fhort footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are nu- merous. It is a native of South America, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Nicotiana minima. All thefe fpecies have the fame virtues, but the firft kind has themin the greateft degree. Itis aroughand violent emetic taken internally. The frefh leaves are greatly recomimended againft pain. The ufe of them, dried in form of tobacco for fmoaking, and fnuff for taking up the noftrils, is grown univeifal. It might either way be of great fervice as a medicine when required ; but thefrequent taking of it in wantonnefs is unhealthful The root is long, thick, divided, and fpreading. The ftalk is round, firm, thick, and two feet high. The leaves are numerous, and of a ftrong green. = 7 i Theyftand irregularly, andare of a heart-like figure, only not indented: they are broadeft at the bafe, and all the way fimaller to the point, and they have long footftalks : they are fomewhat waved, but not indentedat the edges. The flowers rife from the bofoms of the leaves and at the infertions of the branches, and they are large, long, hollow, and white. The fruit is round, prickly, andof the bignefs of a chefnut. It is a native of Africa and Afia, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Solanum fruéiu parvo {pinofo rotund e, Others, Mere. N | woody, Thefeeds of the com wardly, difturb the brain, and bring on a kind of madnefs. ufed, when frefh gathered and ed, they are extolled greatly for the cure of the herpes. Anointment of the leaves is alfo cool The root, dryed and powdered, may b as an opiate: five or fix grains for a dofe. alleviates pain, and procures reft. The virtues of the plant are the fame wi thofe of opium, but it has them in a more violent and unmanageable degree. Urs eA DN) aS, IL. PAW Ne IO aE, CORTUS 24. GSE. ON U5 i: THORN ARE IP iione: STRAM ONIU™. ‘Er flower confifts of a fingle petal, tubular deep, and folded in five parts at the rim: fe ed-veflel is of an oval| figure, 1 and Contains two cells: the cup is oblon ; g, tubular, marked with five ribs, and di ided into five fegments, Linn s places this among his p, andria monogyni a ; the threads in each Aower being {ty ae ity le rifing fromthe rudiment ofthe Tuite fingle. 4 Ai ¢ has, however, taken away the commo n received name frramonium, and calls the ge 1. Common Thornapple. fhed with many fibres, The ftalk is thick, firm, uprig green, and twofoor anda half | The leaves are laree, broad, dented, and placed onfirm foot of a lively green, fharp-pointed fezments at the e¢ : cup is very fmall, furrowed : Linnz al, tubularalittle way at the bottom, and divided into five is a fingle capfule, of an oblong, oval figure, pointed, and but divided into five open fegments, and remains with the places this among the i ndria monog ynia ; the threads in the centre of the fower b cing 1 yle from the rudiment of the capfule fimple. 1. Alpine Cortufa. Cortufa nt is compofed of numerous long and er: they are are broad, fegments, They are of a dark green on the upperand underfide, and of an acrid tafte. Among thefe rife feveral ftalks, which are round, flender, redifh, naked, and fix inches high: they are ufually redifh toward the borttom, and pale at the top. The flowers are moderately large, and of a beautiful ftrong red: they growin a tuft at the top of the ftalk, in the manner of the auricula Cie or |