144 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOHACCOS. 



Tyj^e XXXIV. Plants late, short ; height 112 cms. ; lower 

 internodes short, almost all the large leaves are borne on or 

 near the ground, upper internodes long, but the leaves borne up 

 the main stem are comparatively small. Leaves sessile, inserted 

 at an angle of 60° to 90° and stand out more or less horizontall3^ 

 auriculate, amplexicaul, decurrent, elliptical, lamina not narrowed 

 at the base ; secondary veins arise at an angle of 60° to 90° ; apex 

 acuminate with a long, slender point which is sometimes curved ; 

 margin slightly undulate ; surface slightly raised between the 

 secondary veins and sometimes puckered ; colour dark blue-green ; 

 texture medium ; average length 58 cms. ; ratio length/breadth 

 2'2. Infi<wescence leaves similar t<:> the lower leaves. Inflores- 

 cence not conspicuous with several long side branches which are 

 somewhat spreading and not as long as the main axis. Flowers 

 few, pale pink in colour ; length 40 mm. Calyx globular, inflated, a 

 little less than half the length of the corolla ; teeth short and acute. 

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

 transition between the tube and the dilated portion slightl}^ 

 abrupt ; limb divided to about half its depth with folds at the 

 junctions of the lobes ; lobes rounded at the base ; apical points 

 long and sometimes oblique. Capsule slightly shorter than the 

 persistent calyx, cylindrical ; apex blunt. 



The anthers burst as the bud opens and are then well above 

 the stigma. In the fully open flower the burst anthers are 

 f) mm. above the stigma and are approximately level with the 

 orifice of the corolla. 



