112 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



2ype XVII. Plants earl}^ short ; height 103 cms. ; inter- 

 nodes moderately long ; leaves borne at regular intervals up the 

 stem, none lie on the sfround. Leaves sessile, inserted at an 

 angle of 90° or more and droop from the base, amplexicaul, 

 slightl}^ auriculate and slightlj^ decurrent, elliptical or lanceolate ; 

 secondary veins arise at an angle of 45'' to 00° ; apex acuminate ; 

 margin slightly undulate, some of the leaves with deep undulations 

 at the base ; surface flat ; colour blue green : texture medium ; 

 average length 39 cms.; ratio length/breadth = 2 "8. laflores- 

 cence leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 90° or more, linear ; 

 apex acuminate ; leaves flat or with a few undulations at the base. 

 Lbfioresce)i.e(' conspicuous and raised, side branches stout, very 

 spreading, as long as the main axis. Flowers numerous, white ; 

 length 45 mm. Calyx tubular, inflated, a little less than half the 

 lenofth of the corolla ; teeth lonj^ and acute. Corolla with an 

 orifice 9 mm. in diameter, tube broad, the transition between the 

 tube and the dilated portion gradual ; limb divided to about half 

 its depth, folded at the junctions of the lobes ; lobes rounded 

 at the base with long apical points which are sometimes oblique. 

 Many of the corollas were monstrous in this type in 1908 and 1909. 

 Capsule shorter than the persistent calj^x, conical ; apex pointed. 



The anthers burst in the bud and are then just above the 

 stigma. In the open flower the stigma and empt}" anthers main- 

 tain their relative positions and are much below the orifice of the 

 corolla. 



