174 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



I'ype L. Plants somewhat late, tall ; height 163 cms. ; 

 internodes long ; leaves borne at regular intervals up the stem, 

 none on the ground ; inflorescence not ver}^ conspicuous. Leaves 

 sessile, inserted at an angle of 45° but tend to become somewhat 

 horizontal later, slightly amplexicaul, auriculate, decurrent for 

 5 cms. or more, the decurrent portion broad ; shape elliptical, 

 lamina somewhat narrowed in the basal third of the leaf; 

 secondary veins arise at an angle of about 90° ; apex acute ; 

 maro-in very slightly undulate and recurved ; surface slightly 

 pufty or puckered ; colour bluish green, but not quite as dark 

 as in type LI ; texture thin ; average length 42 cms. ; ratio 

 leno-th/breadth IS. I) {florescence leaves similar to the lower 

 leaves, but with more acute apices. Injiorescence with few flowers 

 and few side branches. Flowers very pale pink in colour ; length 

 45 mm. Calyx globular and inflated, less than one-third the 

 leno'th of the corolla ; teeth short and acute. Corolla with a wide 

 orifice 11 mm. in diameter and a very broad tube, the transition 

 between the tube and the dilated portion very abrupt ; limb 

 entire but indented and somewhat folded at the junctions of the 

 lobes ; apical points very short. Capsule longer than the per- 

 sistent calyx, conical ; apex pointed. 



In the bud, before the corolla expands, the anthers are found 

 just above the stigma and burst while in this position before the 

 bud opens. In the fully open flower the burst anthers are 

 about 5 cms. above the stigma and project beyond the orifice of 

 the corolla. 



This type resembles very closely type LI, but difters from 

 the latter in height and in the position and colour of its leaves, 

 which are more vertical and less dark in colour. Types LI, L 

 and XLVIII form a series in which the height diminishes and 

 the position of the leaves becomes more horizontal. 



