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922 middle, valves often again splitting. Seeds very many, small, scarcely compressed. Embryo nearly straight.

Officinal in both Pharmacopeias.

The seeds of tobacco yield on pressing 9 to 10 per cent., and by extraction, 30 to 32 per cent of a greenish-yellow oil. It is said to have strong drying powers. The fatty acids are stated to consist of 25 per cent, of oleic acid, 15 per cent, of linolic acid. 32 per cent of palmitic acid, and a small quantity of stearic acid.

Vern. : — Chilássî tamâku, kukkar, tamâkû (Pb. and Hind.).

Habitat : — A native of Mexico, cultivated in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

It differs from N. Tabacum in its smaller stature, its sub-orbicular leathery leaves, and in the greenish-yellow flowers, the segments of which are much shorter.

Used like the preceding.

English :—" Great Mullein."

Vern. : — Vúlr, phúl ; bantamáku, phásrúk, bhum ke dhúm, eklbir, kadanda, phúntar, kwispre, khargosh, khar kharuar, spin kharuár, gurganna, karâthri, ravand chini (Pb.) ; Gidar tamáku. (H.).

Habitat: — Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan.

A densely woolly eglandular herb. Stem simple, stout, 2-3ft. Root-leaves 6-18in ; cauline oblong, upper acuminate, oblanceolate, very decurrent, entire or crenate. Spikes simple, dense woolly, 6-10in. Bracts longer than the flowers. Stamens 5, fertile, 2 glabrous and three with white hairs. Fruit a capsule. Seeds numerous, not winged.

Uses : — In Bassahir, the root is given as a febrifuge. The name rewand chini of this plant seems to indicate that it is