104 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XIII. Plants early ; height 137 cms.; habit open with 

 few large leaves, some form a rosette on the ground, others are 

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

 angle of more than 60° and bend towards the ground from a point 

 in the centre of the leaf, slightly auriculate (lower leaves more 

 auriculate than the upper ones), slightly amplexicaul ; shape 

 varies according to the position of the leaf and may be ovate, 

 elliptical or lanceolate, lamina narrowed towards the base ; vena- 

 tion acute-angled, secondary veins arising at an angle of about 

 45° ; apex acuminate ; lamina with deep irregular undulations 

 which become more marked on the leaves borne towards the 

 upper portion of the stem, lower leaves practically flat ; colour 

 light green ; texture medium : average length 54 cms. ; ratio 

 length/breadth 3'0. Inflorescence leaves sessile, inserted at an 

 angle of 90°, linear : apex acuminate : lamina often very undulate, 

 sometimes tiat. Intiorescence raised, side branches arise at lonof 

 intervals up the main stem ; they are not as long the main axis 

 and remain somewhat parallel to the latter. Floivers a deep pink 

 colour which soon fades ; length 45 mm. Calyx tubular ; teeth 

 long and acute. Corolla with an orifice 8 mm. in diameter, the 

 transition between the tube and the dilated portion abrupt ; limb 

 deeply divided ; lobes rounded at the base with moderately long, 

 straight apical points. Capsule shorter than the persistent calyx, 

 cylindrical, with a blunt apex. 



The anthers burst in the bud while surrounding- the stigma. 

 In the open tiower the anthers are slightly above the stigma and 

 both project from the orifice of the corolla. 



