142 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



%3e XXXIII. Plants very late, tall, bushy; height 188 

 cms. ; leaves numerous ; lower internodes very short, causing many 

 leaves to lie on or near the ground, upper internodes long ; inflores- 

 cence raised on long branches which bear many small leaves. 

 Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of about 60°, the upper part 

 bending downward, amplexicaul, auriculate, decurrent for about 

 2'5 cms. ; shape ovate to elliptical, the lamina reduced in the basal 

 fifth of the leaf; secondary veins arise at an angle of 45° to 60° ; 

 apex acuminate ; leaf with irregular very deep undulations ; 

 surface very puckered and ridged between the secondaiy veins ; 

 leaf not expanded but folded on the midrib ; colour yellow- 

 ish green ; texture medium ; average length 51 cms. ; ratio 

 length/breadth 1-9. Inflorescence leaves similar to the lower 

 leaves. Inflorescence raised on long branches which are equal in 

 length to the main axis and somewhat sjjreading. Flowers sparse, 

 a deep pink colour which does not fade ; length 45 mm. Calyx 

 somewhat globular, inflated, about one-quarter the length of the 

 corolla ; teeth short and somewhat acute. Corolla with an orifice 

 9 mm. in diameter, tube medium, the transition between the tube 

 and the dilated portion somewhat abrupt; limb divided to about 

 half its depth, fully expanded with folds at the junctions of tlie 

 lobes ; lobes rounded at the base with short apical points, 

 Ccqysule approximately equal in length to the persistent calyx, 

 conical ; apex blunt. 



The anthers burst just as the bud opens and then surround 

 or. are slightly above the stigma. In the fully open flowers 

 the stigma is generally a little above the burst anthers (or it may 

 be level with them) and level with or projecting slightly beyond 

 the orifice of the corolla. 



