176 STUDIES IN INDIAN TOBACCOS. 



Type LI. Plants somewhat late, very tall ; height 1 78 cms. ; 

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

 none on the ground ; inflorescence not very conspicuous. Leaves 

 sessile, inserted at an angle of 60°, slightly amplexicaul and 

 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 ; margin very slightly undulate and recurved ; surface 

 slightly pufly or puckered ; colour dark blue-green ; texture very 

 thin; average length 43 cms.; ratio length/breadth rS. Inflores- 

 cence leaves similar to the lower leaves, but with more acute apices. 

 Inflorescence with few flowers ; the side branches which are 

 borne at tlie top of the stem are few in number and almost level 

 with the main axis and parallel to it, Flowers very pale pink in 

 colour, fading to white ; length about 45 mm. Calyx globulai-, 

 inflated, less than one-third the length 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 persistent cah^x, 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 mm. above the stigma and project from the orifice of the 

 corolla. 



This type has an exceedingly good texture, the leaves are 

 much thinner than in the ordinarj^ Indian tobaccos. It has the 

 great disadvantage, however, that the leaves are much exposed to 

 the wind and do not protect each other as in the more bushy 

 types. For this reason they are often badly torn before they 

 ripen. 



Agricultural Research Institute, 



PUSA, 



August 9tk, 1909. 



