46 STUMES IN 1N1>IAX TOBACCOS. 



Type XIV. Plants eail}^ very short; heiglit oOcms. Leaves 

 inserted at an angle of 90' ; subcortlate ; apex obtuse ; margin 

 very slightly undulate ; surface Hat ; colour blue-green ; 

 average length of petiole 5-5cnis. ; average length of lamina 

 21-5cms. ; ratio length/breadth 1-17. Inforescence leaves in- 

 serted at an angle of 90', elliptical ; apex obtuse ; margin entire ; 

 suiface flat. Flowers slender, crowded. Calyx tubular ; teeth 

 short and obtuse. Corolla with very distinct lobes ; limb never 

 fully expanded or flat ; apiculoj well marked. Capsule small, 

 cylindrical, about two-thirds covered by the persistent calyx ; apex 

 blunt and umbilicate. 



Pollination takes place in this type in the same manner as in 



type XIII. 



