140 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XXXII. Plants very late, tall; height 179 cms.; 

 leaves numerous ; plants bushy ; lower internodes very short, 

 causing many leaves to lie on or near the ground, upper internodes 

 very long; inflorescence raised on long branches bearing 

 many small leaves ; flowers sparse. Leaves sessile, inserted at an 

 angle of 60°, the upper half of the leaf bends downwards, amplexi- 

 caul, auriculate, decurrent for 3 to 4 cms., ovate to elliptical, the 

 lamina reduced in the basal fifth of the leaf ; secondary veins 

 arise at an angle of 60° ; apex acuminate ; lamina with deep 

 irregular undulations ; surface very puckered and ridged between 

 the secondary veins ; leaf not expanded but folded on the 

 midrib ; colour rather light yellowish green ; texture medium ; 

 average length 51 cms.; ratio length/breadth 2'1. Inflorescence 

 leaves similar to the lower ones but narrower. Inflorescence 

 raised on long branches which are parallel and equal in length to 

 the main axis. Floivers sparse, a deep pink colour which does not 

 fade ; length 45 mm. Calyx tubular, inflated, a little less than 

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

 Corolla with an orifice 9 mm. in diameter, tube medium, the 

 transition between the tube and the dilated portion gradual ; limb 

 divided to about half its depth, fully expanded with folds at the 

 junctions of the lobes ; lobes much rounded at the base with short 

 apical points. Capsule slightly longer than the persistent calyx, 

 conical ; apex blunt. 



The anthers burst while the corolla is expanding, when they 

 are at first round and later above the stigma. In the fully open 

 flower the burst anthers are above the stigma and almost on a 

 level with the corolla opening. 



