92 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type VII. Plants somewhat early, dwarf ; height 78 cms. ; 

 owing to the shortness of the lower internodes ; the large leaves, 

 which are few in number, are borne near the ground. Leaves 

 sessile, inserted in the lower half of the plant at an angle of 90°, 

 in the upper half at an angle of (iO°, stiff, thick, do not droop 

 unless tlacoid, lanceolate (lamina much narrowed towards the 

 base of the leaf), lower leaves very slightly amplexicaul ; venation 

 acute-angled, secondary veins arising at an angle of 30° ; apex 

 acuminate ; margin entire, except for 'very occasional slight undu- 

 lations at the base of some of the lowest leaves ; surface flat ; 

 colour dark green ; veins much ligliter green ; average length 55 

 cms. ; ratio length/ breadth 4-1. Inflorescence leaves sessile, 

 inserted at an angle of 45°, linear ; apex acuminate ; margin 

 generally entire and surface flat, but occasionally the leaf is more or 

 less undulate. Inflorescence quite difl'erent from that of type VIII, 

 being crowded with linear leaves, which give the plant a bushy 

 appearance, and with many side shoots which arise near the base 

 of the plant and are parallel to and as long as or longer than the 

 main stem. Floivers very pale pink when opening, white with 

 pink edges, to the petals when fully open ; length about 45 mm. 

 Calyx somewhat loose but not globular, about half the length 

 of the corolla or less, somewhat deeply divided. Corolla with 

 a wide orifice (11 mm.) and a broad tube (G mm.), the transition 

 from the tube to the dilated portion gradual ; limb deeply divided 

 and reflexed ; lobes rounded at the base ; apical points medium 

 in length and often twisted to one side. Capsule short and broad ; 

 apex somewhat round ; the persistent calyx teeth longer than the 

 capsule. 



In the unopened bud the stamens are above the stigma and 

 burst in the bud or just as the flower opens. When the flower is 

 fully open, the stigma is above the anthers which are already 

 empty. Both stigma and anthers project slightly beyond the 

 orifice of the corolla. 



