106 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XIV. Plants early, fairly tall ; height 143 cms. ; 

 internodes with the exception of the lowest ones moderate^ long, 

 so that few leaves are borne close to the ground, and the majority 

 are borne up the stem ; leaves more numerous than in types XV 

 and XVIII. Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 90°, but hang 

 vertically downwards from a point near the base of the leaf, 

 slightly amplexicaul, low^er leaves slightly decurrent, lanceolate, 

 lamina slightly narrowed towards the base ; venation acute-angled, 

 secondary veins arising at an angle of 30" to 45° ; apex acuminate ; 

 margin slightl}^- undulate, lower leaves flat or slightly undulate, 

 these undulations increase in the upper leaves ; colour blue-green ; 

 texture medium ; average length 48 cms. ; ratio length/breadth 

 3 '8. Inflorescence leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 60° to 90 , 

 linear ; apex acuminate ; lower half of the leaf very undulate. 

 Infiorescence raised ; side branches borne at regular intervals 

 up the stem, not as long as the main axis, spreading. FJoivers 

 a deep pink colour which does not fade, long owing to the 

 unusual length of the corolla tube (length 50 mm.). Calyx 

 globular, about one-third the length of the corolla ; teeth long 

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

 transition between the tube and the dilated portion gradual ; limb 

 deeply divided, but with no folds ; lobes much rounded at the 

 base ; apical points long and oblique. Capsule a little shorter 

 than the persistent calyx, small, conical ; apex pointed. 



In the unopened bud the anthers are slightly below the 

 stigma. The ripe anthers burst while the flower is expanding 

 when they surround the stigma. In the open flower the burst 

 anthers surround the stigma or are just below it and all project 

 beyond the orifice of the corolla. 



