36 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type IX. Plants very bushy and bear a large number of 

 small leaves; height 88ems. Leaves inserted at an angle of 

 nearty 90°, subcordate ; apex obtuse to rounded ; margin slightly 

 undulate ; surface almost flat ; colour blue -green ; average length 

 of petiole 6'5cms. ; average length of lamina 24cms. ; ratio 

 leno-th/breadth 1"09. Inflorescence leaves inserted at an angle 

 of about 90', ovate to elliptical, there is a gradual transition 

 in shape between the inflorescence leaves in this t^^pe ; apex 

 obtuse ; margin slightly undulate ; surface flat. Inflorescence 

 fairly open ; secondary branches and sideshoots spreading and 

 not as long as the main axis. Flotvers somewhat crowded, large. 

 Calyx loose and baggy ; teeth short and obtuse. Corolla with 

 a slightly divided, flat limb ; apicula3 inconspicuous. Cap)sule 

 medium in size, somewhat rounded, almost covered by the 

 persistent calyx ; apex blunt, umbilicate. 



Cross- and self-pollination are both possible in this type. 

 The stamens are approximately equal in length to the style, the 

 tips of the anthers just projecting above the stigma when the 

 pollen is being shed. 



