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S-Itolip!?' P^'"-'^/'^^*"'". KoxJj. Fl. Ind. iii. 183 (sp.) ; shrubbv, much branche-T, leavos 

 - tnmrt P?,- ' "^'\'' ''"tI""''' stipules falcate, bracteoles nearlV entire, Wall. Cat. 1880, 



iumalfv i;./"''^''*?"^' ^'-/^P-) ' ^airyor hispid, folia.^e of (?. herhaceum, but leaf- lobes 

 .J- less rounded andmore elongate, bracteoles deeply gashed as in G. barhadense, 



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■ Vat! q" '^' • ' ^^^^tore iSj). Cot. 42, tab. 5.— Yields Upland Geor-ian Cotton. 



five trW 1 ^^"'"' i-^'"'*'- ^''- ^"^'- '"• ^85 (sp.) ; leaves hairy or subglabrous, with 



P«falsentir I ^*1^'^ '^^' s^'P"^®^ cordate acnminate, bracteoles deeply laciniate. 



entirely yellow, seeds covered 



wi>oloftha •>'*^^'o^. seeds covered with firmly adherent short tawny down and long 

 Vail Cof S ^"J "''• ^- '"el'Siosum, 7^ox-6. >/. /«^. iii. 185; Cav. Dm. t. 164, f. 1 ; 

 " Vap . ■•/ V ,• ' ^ ; ? "f Linnaeus and others— Yields Nankeen Cotton. 

 ^«rknurX-^ !,"?'• °''^- ^^- ^"'^- "'• ^^^ (sp.), not of others; sub-arboreous, 

 S^eds cloth /"•fUfi"'^' ^^^^® 3-5-lobed, lobes triangular acuminate, capsules oblong, 

 Wnol—T u "['nly adhering short greenish-grey down under the long fine white 



^rhaceum%ur^^^^ *^'^ *° identify this variety, but it is evidently a form of <?. 



»'«. ihe G. vitifolium of Koxburgh's drawings is a different plant. 



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t. 28 Si ^ 4^ S^ bri,w»ish cotton. ^o^eJ. /7. Ind. iii. 187 ; TTw/A^ lU. 

 1875 D p"n^ ^- "isrum (in ;?arO, TF. «fc ^. Prodr. i. 54; Fc///. (7«#. 

 49 t'iii' . 'i^' . -» ^''•^^^ ^^^' P- 100, Cm^^. 0/ Cottxm, t. 3; Parlatare Sp. Cot. 

 CuitivatL "^ ^« ^^'•-. i^'-;. Tr<yp. Afr. i. 210. 



J^cwOrlo^L' P^ ^^ ^^*® American varieties known as Barbadoes, Bourbon, Sea-island, 

 -A 8}[J^?"®' ^c- Cottons. 



iimnches Dur''r*t ^r^^' herbaceous portions glabrescent, sprinkled with black dots, 

 -^^^w/c* linp^ 1 Leaves 1-glantlular, deeply 3-5-lobed, lobes tapering, acuminate, 



pitted 3 ^^ j^'^^^ Peduncle thick, often glandular at the apex. Ovary ovoid, 



^'3^5"!?'^^^ Ko^t- Hort..Beng. 51; Fl Ind. iii. 186 (sp.) ; sub- arboreous. 

 Petals gprg 1- ' ^^^^^ oblong-lanceolate acuminate, flowers yellow with a crimson spot, 

 tiraily to pn i!^^' seeds black covered with easily separable white wool and adhering 

 P^^uviannm >> ""^^^J' ^^S^t 111 t. 27 ; RoyU lU. i. p. 98 ; Cult. CoU. t. 3, T. 5. Gt: 

 ^«<^. no« of j^rV^^-^'*^^'--i-456.' G. vitifolium, Lam.Encyl ii. 135; i?ox&. /c. 

 i2''«'Sy> diCnJ'^'^^' ^'^^- ^'^ *• 166; TFa«. Cbf. 1875, F. G. religiosum, Farla- 

 ^^azilian Kn A ^' ^ v^**^* q/ aui/iors).— Yields the varieties known as Peruvian, 

 ■"^e than'tK. .t^ Cotton, &c. The plant is usually larger in foliage, flower, and cap- 



'^ me other varieties. 



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near'ly^S^jf ^'^^> ^- / I>G. Prodr. i. 456 ; arborescent or shrubby, leaves 

 f "rple rarel "^i' ■ I'^y palinately 5-7-lobed lobes linear-oblong, flowers 

 *''*'m thp o j^ i®' ^^racteoles nearly entire, cotton not readily separable 

 ^all rJ To^ ^''*^- ^^^- i^^d- iii- 183 ; Wight Ic. t. 10; RoyU 111. 23, f. 2 ; 

 ^'•o/J. 1/t i o^ '^•' ^^^1 ' Parlatare Sp. Cot. 24, t. 1; i/(W^. in Ohv. Fl. 

 *^'i-). G A,v>- •, ^- nigrum, //am. «i W. <C' A. Prodr. i. 64, in part {excL 

 ^«m //T^^^ndum, i?oa;6. /c, incd a»rf w herb.-Bheede Uort. Mai t. 31? 

 jj . •-'':/ W. 150. 



1 1* sihrub Qr^Y"^' ^" gardens, but not generally cultivated ; Kashmir, Falconer, 

 0^8 mu"^/*^^ ^ree, rarely a herb; branches puiple, pilo.se. Xeare* 1 -glandular, 

 fWe^ ennir ' ^'^"^^^^^^d at tho base, often with a supplementary lobe in the sjnus. 

 ^"*^ «ntberifp ^'"^' r ^^^^^'^^' ^'^rJ^^e, *>^^t^i acute.; A«a^« spreading. Staminal- 

 '^^^ covered w'^^ v ^'^^ ^^^'^ length. CajtmJe about 1 in., oblong-pointed. S^td^ 



^tn white wool overlvincr a dense creen down. 



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