154 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XXXIX. Plants somewhat late ; height 128 cms.; 

 iiiternodes moderately long, no leaves borne on the ground ; leaves 

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

 60** and tend to bend over at the apex, amplexicaul, auriculate, 

 decurrent for 2 5 cms. or more, elliptical, lamina much reduced for a 

 short distance above the base ; secondary veins arise at an angle of 

 nearly 90° ; apex acute ; margin with slight regular undulations ; 

 surface slightly puckered and raised between the secondary veins ; 

 colour light green ; texture thin ; average length 45 cms.; ratio 

 leno-th/breadth 1*9. Inflorescence leaves similar to the lower 

 leaves but narrower and not auriculate or decurrent. Inflorescence 

 not conspicuous with a few spreading side branches. Flowers pink 

 in colour ; length 40 mm. Calyx somewhat globular, inflated, a 

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

 acute. Corolla with a very narrow orifice (diameter 7 mm.) and a 

 broad tube, the transition between the tube and the dilated portion 

 gradual ; limb somewhat deeply divided with folds at the junctions 

 of the lobes ; lobes rounded and pointed but without an apical 

 point. Capsule slightly longer than the persistent calyx, conical ; 

 apex pointed. 



The anthers burst in the bud when below the stigma. In 

 the fully open flower the empty anthers are level with the stigma 

 and project with the latter beyond the orifice of the corolla. 



