52 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XVII. Plants very late ; height 63cms. Leaves in- 

 serted at an angle of 45 to 60°, subcordate, almost ovate ; apex 

 rounded ; margin very undulate ; surface very puckered ; colour 

 somewhat light green ; average length of petiole 9cms. ; average 

 length of lamina 34cms. ; ratio length /breadth TOo. Inflor- 

 escence leaves inserted at an angle of about 60°, elliptical ; apex 

 rounded ; margin very undulate ; surface very puckered. Flowers 

 crowded, large. Calyx loose and baggy ; teeth short and obtuse. 

 Corolla with a very slightly divided limb, which is crumpled ; 

 apiculas inconspicuous. Capsule large, somewhat conical, two- 

 thirds covered by the persistent calyx ; apex rounded and 

 umbilicate. 



This type is adapted both for cross- and self-pollination, the 

 stamens being approximately equal in length to the style. 



