1G8 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XLVII. Plants somewhat late, not very tall ; height 

 133 cms. ; internodes moderately long. Leaves borne at regular 

 intervals up the stem, uone on the ground. Leaces sessile, inserted 

 at an angle of 90° and bend downwards at the tip, slightly auricu- 

 late, slight]}^ amplexicaul, decurrent for 2 5 cms., the decurrent por- 

 tion broad ; shape elliptical, lamina somewhat narrowed for a short 

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

 90° ; apex acute ; margin very slightly undulate, recurved ; surface 

 slightly puffy or puckered ; colour somewhat light green ; texture 

 medium to thick ; average length 42 cms. ; ratio length/breadth 

 Id. Inflorescence /e«t'e.9 similar to the lower leaves but with 

 more acute apices, hflorescence more conspicuous and with 

 more flowers than in tj^pes L and LI ; side branches level and 

 parallel with the main axis. Floicers very pale pink in colour • 

 length 45 mm. Calyx less globular than in types L, LI and 

 XLVIII, inflated, about one-third the length of the corolla; 

 teeth short and acute. Corolla with a wide orifice 10 mm. in 

 diameter and an exceedingly broad tube, the transition between 

 the tube and the dilated portion abrupt ; limb entire but indented 

 and folded at the junctions between the lobes ; apical points very 

 short. Capsule equal in length to the persistent calyx, conical ; 

 apex pointed. 



The anthers burst when just around or just above the stigma 

 before the corolla expands. In the open flower the burst anthers 

 are either just above the stigma or about 5 mm. above it; in 

 either case they are approximately level with the orifice of the 

 corolla. 



This type resembles type XLVIII in many respects such as 

 habit, position of the leaves, etc. It difters, however, in some 

 particulars such as the texture, colour of the leaves, and the 

 indentation of the corolla lobes. 



