96 STUDIES In INDIAN TOBACCoS. 



Type IX. Plants early, dwarf; height 104 cms.; lower 

 internodes very short, causing nearly all the large leaves to lie on 

 the ground. Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 90", slightly 

 amplexicaul, lanceolate, lamina much narrowed towards the base ; 

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

 apex acuminate, median leaves prolonged into very long thin 

 points ; margin and lamina with deep undulations, lamina 

 raised between the secondary veins, giving the appearance of folds 

 or ridges ; colour dark green ; texture very thick ; average length 

 56 cms. ; ratio length/breadth 3'G. InJio7'escence leaves sessile, 

 inserted at an angle of 90° and droop downwards from the base, 

 linear ; apex acuminate ; the whole leaf is very sinuate and some- 

 times even twisted. Iiijiorescence conspicuous and raised above 

 the leaves, with numerous side shoots which are almost as long as 

 the main axis and not very spreading. Flowers a very pale pink 

 colour, short (36 mm.). Calyx tubular with long and acute teeth, 

 more than half as long as the corolla. Corolla with a wide orifice 

 (11 mm.), and a broad tube, the transition between the tube and 

 the dilated portion somewhat gradual ; limb divided to about half 

 its depth ; lobes rounded at the base ; apical points short, straight 

 and only slightly reflexed. Capsule cylindrical with a somewhat 

 blunt apex ; persistent calyx longer than the capsule. 



In the unopened bud, all the stamens are below the stigma. 

 The anthers burst just as the flower opens while they are still 

 below the stigma or at the most touch the underside with their 

 apices. In the open flowers the stigma is much above the burst 

 anthers and all project beyond the orifice of the corolla. In some 

 of the buds the stigma is visible between the still closed lobes of 

 the corolla. 



