IIG STUDIES IN INDIAN ToHACCOS. 



Type XIX. Plants early, dwarf; height 83 cms. ; lower 

 internodes exceedingly short, causing all the lower leaves to lie 

 on the ground. Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 90°, very 

 slightly amplexicaul, the lower leaves very slightly auriculate, 

 elliptical, lamina suddenly narrowed a short distance above the 

 base (in some of the upper median leaves the lamina is practic- 

 ally absent in the lower portion) ; venation acute-angled, second- 

 ary veins arising at an angle of less than 30° ; apex acuminate 

 and prolonged into a long point which is often curved to one 

 side ; margin with slight regular undulations, the whole lamina 

 deeply undulated and raised between the veins forming folds ; 

 colour dark green; texture thick; average length 52 cms.; 

 ratio length/breadth 2*4. Infiorescence leaves sessile, inserted at 

 an angle of 90°, linear ; apex acuminate ; margin slightly undulate, 

 lamina undulate, hijiorescence very conspicuous, and raised above 

 the leaves ; side shoots numerous, shorter than the main axis and 

 very spreading. Flowers a deep pink colour which does not fade, 

 45 mm. in length. Calyx tubular with long acute teeth, less than 

 half as lono" as the corolla. Corolla slender with an orifice 9 mm. 

 in diameter and a narrow tube, the transition between the tube and 

 the dilated portion very gradual ; lobes much rounded at the 

 base with long straight points which are retlexed. Capsule short, 

 somewhat broader above than below with a blunt apex ; the 

 persistent calyx very slightly longer than the capsule, but the 

 calyx teeth stand away from the capsule and do not cover it. 



The ripe anthers are just below or surround the stigma and 

 burst as the flower expands. In the open flower the stigma is 

 just above the burst anthers, and both stamens and stigma project 

 slightly beyond the orifice of the corolla. 



