100 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XL Plants early; height 1"^0 cms.: nearly all the 

 large leaves form a rosette on the o^round, but some are borne on 

 the lower half of the stem. Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle 

 of 60° or more, and bend downwards at a point very near the base 

 of the leaf, aiiriculate, amplexicaul, lanceolate, the breadth of the 

 leaf diminishing and the apex becoming more acuminate in passing 

 from the base upwards ; lamina narrowed towards tlie base of the 

 leaf; venation acute angled, secondary veins arising at an angle of 

 45° ; apex acuminate ; margin and lamina with irregular undula- 

 tions which increase with the position of the leaf up the stem ; 

 colour dark blue-green ; texture medium to coarse ; average 

 length 52 cms.; ratio length / breadth 8 -5. Inforeaceyice leaves 

 sessile, inserted at an angle of about 90°, linear ; apex acuminate ; 

 margin and lamina generally undulate. Inflorescence raised and 

 open, side branches borne at regular intervals up the stem, not so 

 long as the main axis and somewhat parallel to it. Floivers white 

 with a faint pink tinge in the buds ; length 50 mm or more. 

 Calyx tubular, about one-third the length of the corolla ; teeth 

 long and acute. Corolla slender, tube long and the transition 

 between this and the dilated portion very gradual ; limb deepl}- 

 divided with folds at the junctions of the lobes ; lobes rounded at 

 the base with long, reflexed, apical points. Capstde small, a little 

 shorter than the persistent calj^x, cylindrical ; apex blunt. 



In the bud the ripe anthers are just above the stigma and 

 burst in the bud or as the flower expands. In the open flower 

 the empty anthers are a long distance above the stigma and 

 project just beyond the orifice of the corolla. 



