the stigma capitate; the capsule 2-celled,
and 2 to 4 valved."

A more general description of the plant is given by an American
writer:--

"The tobacco plant is an annual growing from eighteen inches
(dwarf tobacco) to seven or eight feet in height[3]. It
bears numerous leaves of a pale green color sessile, ovate
lanceolate and pointed in form, which come out alternately
from two to three inches apart. The flowers grow in loose
panicles at the extremity of the stalks, and the calyx is
bell-shaped, and divided at its summit into five pointed
segments. The tube of the corolla expands at the top into an
oblong cup terminating in a 5-lobed plaited rose-colored
border. The pistil consists of an oval germ, a slender style
longer than the stamen, and a cleft stigma. The flowers are
succeeded by capsules of 2 cells opening at the summit and
containing numerous kidney-shaped seeds."

[Footnote 3: An old English writer in describing tobacco
says:--"When at its just height, it is as tall as an
ordinary sized man."]

Two of the finest varieties of Nicotiana Tobacum that are cultivated
are the Oronoco and the Sweet Scented; they differ only in the form of
the leaves, those of the latter variety being shorter and broader than
the other. They are annual herbaceous plants, rising with strong erect
stems to the height of from six to nine feet, with fine handsome
foliage. The stalk near the root is often an inch or more in diameter,
and surrounded by a hairy clammy substance, of a greenish yellow
color. The leaves are of a light green; they grow alternately, at
intervals of two or three inches on the stalk; they are oblong and
spear-shaped; those lowest on the stalk are about twenty inches in
length, and they decrease as they ascend.

The young leaves when about six inches, are of a deep green color and
rather smooth, and as they approach maturity they become yellowish and
rougher on the surface. The flowers grow in clusters from the
extremities of the stalk; they are yellow externally and of a delicate
red within. They are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown
color.

Thompson in his "Notices relative to Tobacco" describes the tobacco
plant as follows:--

"The species of Nicotiana which was first known, and which
still furnishes the greatest supply of Tobacco, is the N.
tobacum, an annual pla