56 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XIX. Plants early ; height 63cms. Leaves inserted 

 at an angle of nearly 90", subcordate ; apex obtuse ; margin very 

 slightly undulate ; surface somewhat flat ; colour blue-green ; aver- 

 age length of petiole 8cms. ; average length of lamina 2'55cms. ; 

 ratio length/breadth 1 "08. Inflorescence leaves inserted at 

 an angle of about 60°, elliptical ; apex somewhat acute ; margin 

 entire ; surface flat. Floivers crowded, medium in size. Calyx 

 somewhat globular ; teeth short and obtuse. Co7'olla with a very 

 slightly divided limb which is flat and fully expanded ; apiculsD 

 inconspicuous. Capsule small to medium in size, not quite round, 

 almost covered by the persistent calyx ; apex blunt and umbilicate. 



In this type self-pollination is somewhat favoured. The 

 stamens are slightly longer than the style, the tips of the anthers 

 projecting above the edge of Ihe stigma when the pollen is being 

 shed. 



