Gossypiwm.~] xxv. malvaceje (masters). 211 



an easily separable white or nan keen- col owed down.— G.pvnctatum, Schum. 

 etlhonn. PI. Guin. 310. G. vilifolium, Lara. Diet. ii. 135. G. peruvianum, 

 DC Prod. i. 456. . 



Cultivated in many districts of tropical Africa. 



Upper Guinea. Abbeokuta, Irving ! Niger, Barter! Sierra Leone, Burton ! 

 Worth Central. Kouka, E. Vogel ! 

 andC* I " and ' Al) J' S8 ' ni ' a » DMon and Petit! Nubia, Schweivfurth I Iat. 7° S., Speke 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Burton ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Lupata, and elsewhere, " in a wild state," Br. Kirk ! 



This species is widely diffused by cultivation in the warmer regions of the globe, and 

 rarnishes the various sorts of " American Cotton." The Peruvian Cotton, G. peruvianum, 

 ~7'» seera8 to be only a variety of this species, differing in the coherent seeds. Dr. Kirk 

 toentious this variety as being cultivated by the Makonde people 80 miles inland. 



2. G. anomalum, Wawra et Peyritsch, Sert. Benguel. p. 22. A shrub 

 ^-10 ft. high with rough branches. Leaves stalked, downy on both surfaces, 

 jBraate with a single gland on the under surface, the lower leaves palmately 

 »-lobed, the upper ones 3-lobed ; lobes roundish or slightly acute. Flowers 

 opposite the leaves. Bracts of the epicalyx entire, linear-lanceolate, twice 

 the length of the calyx, which latter is cup-shaped, 5-lobed; lobes acumi- 

 "ate. Petals reddish. Capsule ovoid, less than an inch in length, 3-valved ; 

 halves tuberculated, woody, acuminate. Seeds 3 or 4 in each cell of the 

 capsule, covered with brownish wool adherent to the seed. — G. Senarense, 

 'euzl in Sched. Kotschy, Iter ^thiop. Coll. 90. 



Wile Land. Nubia, Kotschy ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Mossamedes, Br. Welwitsch ! Benguela, Wawra ! 



A distinct species, the only one truly wild in Africa according to Dr. Welwitsch. The 

 "Dear segments of the epicalyx, the acuminate calyx-lobes, and the small tubercular capsule, 

 •ford good means of discriminating this interesting species. 



3. G. arboreum, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 456. A shrub attaining the 

 height of 6-8 ft. with slender, purplish, pilose branches. Leaves on long 

 stalks, 1-glandulose, deeply palmately 5-7-lobed ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 

 toucronulate, sinuses between the lobes obtuse, often provided with a supple- 

 mentary lobe. Stipules falcate. Peduncles as long as the petioles, jointed 

 "ear the summit and often producing a small leaf at the joint. Epicalyx 

 of 3 cordate, ovate, acute, slightly laciniate or nearly entire segments much 

 lo ,"ger than the cup-shaped, nearly entire calyx. Corolla purple, twice the 

 j| z e of the epicalyx ; column antheriferous for nearly its whole length. 

 Capsule about an Inch long, oblong ; valves coriaceous or woody, mucronate. 

 ^eds free, covered with long white hairs in addition to a close green felt. 



J'pper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! Abbeokuta, Irving ! 



***le Land. Abvssinia, Schimper ! 



Cultivated in most tropical countries, though but little of the Cotton reaches this country. 



4 - G. herbaceum, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 456. A branching annual or 

 Perennial with smooth or slightly hispid branches besprinkled with black 

 dot 3. Leaves stalked, upper ones ovate, lower ones cordate, palmately 3-5- 

 l °bed ; l bes broadly oval acuminate entire or sinuous, 3-5-nerved, 1-glan- 



