1 50 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Tyjje XXXVII. Plants somewhat early, short ; height 107 

 cms. ; lower internodes short ; mail}'- of the large leaves are borne 

 near the ground but a few are borne up the main stem ; leaves 

 numerous and large. Leaves sessile, inserted at an angle of 45 to 

 60°, slio-htly auriculate, slightly amplexicaul, decurrent for about 5 

 cms., elliptical, lamina narrowed in thebasal fourth of the leaf; se- 

 condary veins arise at an angle of 60° or more ; apex acute ; margin 

 generally entire and Hat but occasionally regularly and slightly 

 undulate ; surface sometimes slightly raised near the edge ; 

 colour dark green ; texture thick ; average length 48 cms. ; ratio 

 length/breadth 27. Inflorescence leaves similar to the lower leaves 

 but lanceolate in shape and with acuminate apices. Inflorescence 

 many-flowered with long side shoots which are not as long as the 

 main axis. Flowers pink ; length 45 mm. Calyx globular, inflated, 

 about one-third the length of the corolla ; teeth short and acute. 

 Corolla with a wide orifice (10 mm. in diameter), tube long and of 

 medium width, the transition between the tube and the dilated 

 portion abrupt ; limb divided to about half its depth, folded at the 

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

 points. Capsule longer than the persistent calyx, conical ; apex 

 blunt. 



The anthers burst as the corolla expands and are then 

 approximately level with the stigma. They maintain this position 

 in the fully open flower and are level with the orifice of the 

 corolla. 



