people preferring generally to smote and'chew.the imported manufactured
tobacco. In the year 1697, this "plant was recorded ab
growing on the Island,-—Hab. America.
525. KT. glauca, Grah.—Yellow-flowered Tobacco; grows wild
to a tall slender shrub about eight feet high, and is very common,
about the barren hills above Jamestown, The Briars, Halftree
Hollow, &c. C. Alt. -1 to 2„ Bot. Mag. 2837.—Hab. Buenos
Ayres, S. America.
526. S3", persica, Lindl.—Shiraz Tobacco; cultivated in Plantation
garden,—-Hab. Persia.
527. N. rustica, Linn.-—Syrian or Latakia Tobacco; also grown
at Plantation.. The cultivation, of this species, with N. persica, was
undertaken a few years ago, bpt the report upon- some of the leaves
sent to England, and manutiw^|Bred by Mr. .Benson, of Oxford Street,
was nr.fa.vtjvtr.ible. It was sa.d te want flavour, which probably
arose from having been grown in a poof soil. Higher cultivation
might doubtless render the growing o f . tobacco at St. Helena a
profitable undertaking, inasmuch as the plants thrive well there, and'
one species grows quite wild.—Hab. Syria, te .
Physalis, Linn.
528. P. peruviana, L in n .; P. edulis, Sims.—Bilberry, or Cape
Gooseberry ; one of the most abundant weeds of the high land.
Alt. 2 to 4. Wild and very common; whole fields of it exist in
some places. Pheasants and poultry feed upon th e fruity which is
also gathered in large quantities, and taken to the market for sale.
I t makes excellent jam and jelly. Bot. Mag. 1068.—Hab. America.
529. P. fLexuosa, Linn.—Small red-berried Bilberry; grows
wild and is common about the roads and hill sides in Jamestown,
Rupert’s Valley, &c. C. Alt. '4.—Hab. E. Indies.
Petunia, Juss. , ,
530. P. sp. ?-—Numerous ¡garden varieties of Petunia are cultivated
on the Island. C. to H. LSolanum,
Linn.
531. S.-acauthocarpum, H o rt.— A very prickly species of
Brihjal; introduced in -1870.
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