no STUDIKS IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XV I. Plants somewhat early ; -height 141 cms. ; habit 

 very open, internodes long, only 2 or 3 leaves lie on the ground. 

 Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 90° and droop downwards 

 from near the base, amplexicaul, sometimes slightly auriculate, 

 decurrent, lanceolate, lamina slightly narrowed at the base ; 

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

 maro-in entire ; lamina flat except for oc3asional slight undulations 

 at the base of some of the leaves ; colour very light green ; 

 texture medium ; average length 46 cms. ; ratio length/breadth 

 4"1. lajioresceiwe leaves similar to the lower leaves but much 

 narrower, in some cases linear, and the undulations at the base are 

 more marked. Inflorescence raised with long side branches which 

 are somewhat parallel to and not as long as the main axis. Flowers 

 few in number pale pink ; length 50 mm. Calyx tubular, some- 

 what inflated, about one-third the length of the corolla ; teeth 

 lonc' and acute. Corolla slender, with an orifice 8 mm. in diameter ; 

 tube slender, the transition between the tube and the dilated por- 

 tion slightly abrupt ; limb divided to about half its depth ; lobes 

 rounded at the base ; apices very pointed but no apical point. 

 Capsule shorter than the persistent calyx, conical ; apex pointed. 



The anthers burst in the bud when level with the stigma. 

 In the fully open flowers the empty anthers are just above the 

 stio^ma and generally slightly project from the orifice of the 

 corolla. 



