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STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Ijjpc III. Plants early; height 137cms. Lenrrs inserted 

 at an angle of about 45', subcordate ; apex obtuse ; jnargin 

 undulate ; surface somewhat puckered ; colour blue-i'Teen ; averao-e 

 length of petiole 7cins. ; average length of latnina 28'5cms. ; ratio 

 length/breadth = 1-13. Inflorescence leaves inserted at an angle 

 of about 30^ ovate to elliptical ; apex acute ; margin undulate ; 

 surface puckered. Inflorescence open ; the secondary branches 

 long and slender, but not as long as, nor so parallel to, the main 

 axis as in types I k II. Flowers sparse, medium in size ; outline 

 shows constriction but less markedly than in type II. Calf/x 

 somewhat light green, globular, but less so than in type II ; teeth 

 short and obtuse. Corolla with a slightly divided limb which is 

 quite flat and fully expanded ; margins of the limb and apiculae 

 recurved. Capsule medium in size, conical, about half covered by 

 the persistent calyx ; apex umbilicate and somewhat pointed. 



In this type the mode of pollination is the same as in type 

 II. A slight abnormality was observed in many of the flowers, 

 namely, the stigma projected between the lobes of the corolla in 

 the closed bud. 



