148 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XXXVI. Plants early, dwarf; height 100 cms. ; most 

 of the large leaves form a rosette on the ground owing to the 

 shortness of the lower internodes, but some fairly large leaves are 

 borne up the stem and give the plant a bushy, leafy appearance. 

 Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 90°, and droop downwards, 

 elliptical, lamina very slightly narrowed towards the base, slightl}'- 

 auriculate, amplexicaul ; venation acute-angled, secondary veins 

 arising at an angle of 45 to 60° ; apex acuminate ; margin with 

 regular slight undulations, but leaf and surface flat ; colour 

 blue-g^reen ; texture thin ; average leno-th 47 cms. ; ratio 

 length/breadth 2*0. Inflorescence Jeaves sessile, inserted at an 

 angle of 90° and droop towards the ground, lanceolate to linear ; 

 apex acuminate ; margin slightly undulate. Injiorescence not very 

 conspicuous ; side branches arise near the base and are not as long 

 as the main axis, very spreading. Flowers a pale pink colour 

 which fades to white ; length 45 mm. Calyx globular, less than 

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

 with a broad tube, orifice 9 mm. in diameter, the transition 

 between the tube and the dilated portion somewhat abrupt ; limb 

 slightly divided with folds between the lobes ; lobes much rounded ; 

 apical points short and straight. Capsule conical with a blunt 

 apex ; calyx longer than the capsule. 



The anthers burst while surrounding the stigma, later the 

 burst anthers are found far above the stigma. Only the longest 

 stamens reach the orifice of the corolla. 



