PETUNIA nyctaginiflora.
Large-flowered Petunia.
Natural Order. S o l a n e æ . Brown prodr. 446.
Sect. I. Pericarpium capsulare.
P E T U N IA . Calyx profunde quinquefidus, laciniis oblongis
subspathulatis. Corolla tubolosa, limbo dilatato subquin-
quelobo inæquali. Stamina inæqualia non exserta, autheris
subrotundis. Stigma capitatum snbbilobum. Capsula calycis
basi infra cincta, apice bivalvis, bilocularis, polysperma, semi-
nibus minutis. Herbæ ; folia alterna, floralia ex eodem puncto
gemini ; flores solitarii, axillares. Affinis Nicotiana qua Petun
Brasiliensium. Jussieu Ann. du Mus. I I . p. 215.
P . nyctaginiflora, caule viscoso hirto, foliis inferioribus alternis
ovato-oblongis obtusis pubescentibus basi in petiolum atte-
nuatis : floralibus subsessilibus cordato-ovatis oppositis, floribus
axillaribus pedunculatis, corollis magnis calyce quadruplo
longioribus.
Petunia nyctaginiflora. Juss. ann. mus.2. p .2 \6 . t . 4 1 . f . 2 .
Rcem. et Schult syst. 4. p. 324. Pers. syn. 1. p. 218. Poir.
encyc. hot. supp. 4. p. 375. Botan. magaz. 2552. Spreng,
syst. veg. 1. p. 617.
Nicotiana axillaris. Lam. Ulus. n. 2287.
Nicotiana nyctaginiflora. Lehm. hist, nicot. p. 20.
Perennial. Herbaceous. Stems many from the same
root, from a foot and a half to two and a half feet in
height, nearly erect, more or less viscous, and thickly
clothed with short unequal hairs, upper part alternately
branched. Leaves quite entire, obtuse, pubescent,
strongly nerved: lower ones oblong-ovate, villous,
attenuated down the petiole: stem ones alternate,
oval, rather succulent, pubescent, slightly fringed, attenuated
at the base, and decurrent down the footstalk
: upper leaves opposite, cordately-ovate, sessile
or nearly so, hairy and ciliate. Peduncles axillary.