132 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XXVII. Plants late, tall ; height 163 cms. ; leaves 

 neither few nor very numerous ; lower internodes very short, 

 causing some of the leaves to lie on the ground, upper internodes 

 very long ; inflorescence much raised on long slender branches ; 

 flowers sparse. Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of about 60 , 

 the upper portion tending to become horizontal, slightly amplexi- 

 caul 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 acuminate ; 

 margin and lamina very undulate (more so than in type XXVI) ; 

 surface very puckered ; leaf not expanded but folded on the 

 midrib ; colour light green ; texture coarse ; average length 

 55 cms.; ratio length/breadth 2 "G. Iriflorescence leaves similar 

 to the lower leaves but narrower. Inflorescence much raised on 

 lono-, slender, spreading branches. Floivers sparse, a deep pink 

 colour ; length 45 mm. CaJifx tubular, inflated, less than half 

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

 Corolla, with a wide orifice (11 to 12 mm.), and a broad tube, 

 the transition between the tube and the dilated portion gradual ; 

 limb divided to about half its depth, full}^ expanded with folds at 

 the junctions of the lobes ; lobes rounded at the base with verj'- 

 short apical points. Capsule 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 stigma and empty anthers retain their relative positions and 

 are level with the orifice of the corolla. 



