130 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XXVI. Plants late, tall ; height 175 cms. ; leaves 

 few ; lower internodes very short, causing some leaves to lie on the 

 ground, upper internodes very long ; inflorescence much raised 

 on numerous long slender branches ; flowers sparse. Leaves 

 sessile, inserted at an angle of about 60" and droop downwards 

 from a point near the base, slightly amplexicaul and auriculate, 

 decurrent, the decurrent portion very narrow ; shape ovate, lamina 

 reduced in the basal fifth of the leaf ; secondary veins arise at an 

 angle of 45° ; apex acute ; margin with large irregular undula- 

 tions ; surface puckered ; leaf not expanded but folded on the 

 midrib ; colour light green ; texture coarse ; average length 

 53 cms. ; ratio length/breadth 2*4. Inflorescence leaves 

 similar to the lower leaves. Inflorescence much raised on long 

 slender branches, which are somewhat spreading in habit. 

 Floivers sparse, a very deep pink colour which does not fade I 

 length 45 mm. Cah/j- tubular, slightly inflated, a little less than 

 half the length of the corolla ; teeth moderately long and acute. 

 Corolla with an orifice 8 mm. in diameter and a fairly broad tube, 

 the transition between the tube and the dilated portion gradual ; 

 limb divided to about half its depth, not fully expanded, 

 with folds at the junctions of the lobes ; lobes rounded at the 

 base with short apical points. Capsules approximately equal in 

 length to the persistent calyx, cylindrical ; apex blunt. 



The anthers burst as the flower expands when they are 

 approximately level with the stigma. In the fully open flower 

 the empty anthers and the stigma maintain their relative positions 

 and are nearly level with the orifice of the corolla. 



