70 STUDIES LN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type XLVIII. Plants somewhat late ; height 114 cms. ; 

 internodes moderately long. Leaves borne at regular intervals 

 up the stem, none on the ground. Leaves sessile, inserted at an 

 angle of 90° and bend downwards at the tip, slightly amplexicaul 

 and auriculate, decurrent for about 5 cms., the decurrent portion 

 broad ; shape elliptical, lamina somewhat narrow^ed above the 

 base but for a lesser distance than in type LI ; secondarj^" veins 

 arise at an angle of about 90° ; apex acute ; margin very slightly 

 undulate, recurved ; surface slightly puffy or puckered ; colour 

 dark blue-green ; texture thin ; average length 38 cms. ; ratio 

 length/breadth 19. Inflorescence leaves similar to the lower 

 leaves, but apices more acute and base more undulate. Inflores- 

 cence more conspicuous ; flowers much more numerous than in 

 type LI ; side branches spreading and shorter than the main axis. 

 Flowers very pale pink in colour, long ; length about 50 mm. 

 Calyx globular and inflated, less than one-third the length of the 

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

 in diameter and a broad tube, the transition between the tube 

 and the dilated portion very abrupt ; limb entire but somewhat 

 deeply indented and folded at the junctions of the lobes ; apical 

 points short. Capsule equal in length to the persistent calyx, 

 conical ; apex pointed. 



The anthers burst when just round or just above the stigma 

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

 are slightly above the stigma and are well below the orifice of the 

 corolla. 



