STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type VII. Plants early ; height OOcms. Loarca inserted at 

 an angle of 45 to 60"; subcordate ; apex obtuse ; margin undulate ; 

 surface puckered ; colour blue-green ; average length of petiole 

 7cms. ; average length of lamina 18'ocms. ; ratio length/breadth = 

 ri2. lajforpsrence leaver inserted at an angle of ,'30", elliptical ; 

 apex somewhat acute ; margin undulate ; surface Hat. Inflores- 

 ceiice open ; secondaiy branches and sideshoots not as long as the 

 main axis. Floirers sparse, slender, longer than in any other 

 type ; outline straight, no apparent constriction. Calyx tubular ; 

 teeth somewhat long and acute. CoroUd with a slightly divided 

 limb which is flat and fully expanded ; apicul?e inconspicuous. 

 Cajjsiih' small, conical, entirel}- covered b}^ the persistent calyx ; 

 apex blunt and slightly uinbilicate. 



In this type both self- and cross-pollination are possible. 

 The stamens are about the same length as the style, the tips of 

 the stamens just projecting above the stigma when the anthers 

 are shedding their pollen. The burst and empty anthers then 

 cluster round the style underneath the stio-ma. 



