164 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



I'ype XLV. Plants sonjewhat early, tall ; height 137 cms. ; 

 internodes long ; leaves large ; the habit of tlie plants is not so bushy 

 as in types XLI, XLII, XLIII and XLIV. Leaven sessile, 

 inserted at an angle of 60°, but tend to become horizontal later, 

 very slightly auriculate, amplexicaul, decurrent to a varying 

 amount, the decurrent portion of the lamina very broad ; shape 

 elliptical, lamina slightly narrowed towards the base ; secondary 

 veins arise at an angle of nearly 90° ; apex acute ; margin with 

 occasional very slight undulations ; surface flat ; colour light 

 green ; texture thin ; average length of leaf 37 cms. ; ratio 

 length/breadth 2 2. Inflorescence leaves resemble the lower leaves 

 in every respect, but are smaller. Inflorescence not conspicuous, 

 not much raised ; side branches fewer in number than in tj'pes XLI, 

 XLII and XLIII, equal in length to the main axis and parallel 

 to it. Flowers deep pink in the bud ; pale pink or white in the 

 expanded flower ; length 50 mm. Calyx somewhat globular, less 

 than half the length of the corolla ; teeth short and obtuse. 

 Corolla with an orifice 9 mm. in diameter, the transition between 

 the tube and the dilated portion abrupt ; limb quite entire. 

 Capsule equal in length to the persistent calyx, conical ; apex 

 somewhat pointed. 



The anthers burst in the bud when just above the stigma. 

 In the open flower the burst anthers are decidedly above the 

 stigma. 



