44 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XIII. Plants earl}'^, bushj'-, bearing a large number of 

 small leaves up the whole stem ; height 7l)cms. Leaves inserted 

 at an angle of about 60^^ or less, subcordate ; apex rounded; 

 margin very undulate ; surface very puckered ; colour very dark 

 blue-green ; average length of petiole 8cms. ; average length of 

 lamina 20 "Scms. ; ratio length/breadth '99. hijlorescence leaves 

 inserted at an angle of 45°, broadly elliptical ; apex obtuse to 

 rounded ; margin slightly undulate ; surface slightly puckered. 

 Injiorescence somewhat open ; secondary branches and sideshoots 

 not as long as the main axis. Floivers crowded, slender. Calyx 

 tubular ; teeth somewhat acute and leaf3^ Corolla with a slightly 

 divided limb, somewhat crumpled ; apiculse not conspicuous. 

 Capsule small, cylindrical, about two-thirds covered by the per- 

 sistent calyx ; apex blunt and umbilicate.. 



In this type self-pollination is predominant. The stamens 

 are slightly longer than the style, so that when the pollen is being 

 shed, the anthers are above the stigma for at least half their 

 length, and when empty they cluster round the edge. 



