58 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XX. Plants late ; height 64cms. Leaves inserted at 

 an angle of about 45°, almost orbicular ; apex rounded ; margin 

 very slightly undulate ; surface slightly puckered ; colour dark 

 blue-green ; average length of petiole 7cms. ; average length of 

 lamina 25-5cms. ; ratio length/breadth -93. Inflorescence 

 leaves inserted at an angle of 30 to 45°, very broadly ovate ; apex 

 obtuse to rounded; surface flat; margin entire. Flowers crowded, 

 large. Calyx tubular and loose Corolla with a slightly divided 

 limb which is flat and fully expanded ; apiculse inconspicuous. 

 Capside medium in size, round, almost covered by the very 

 leafy calyx ; apex blunt and umbilicate. 



Cross- and self-pollination are both possible in this type, the 

 stamens being approximately equal in length to the style. 



Agricultural Research 

 Institute, Pusa ; 



Julv 5th, 1909. 



