DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. reli) 
Gossypium arboreum. TREE COTTON. 
Family Malvaceae. 
Local NAmeEs.—Atgodon (Guam); Algodonero (Spanish); Bulak 1iga Visaya 
(Philippines). 
A shrub or low tree with purple pilose branches and palmately lobed leaves. 
Leaves with a nectar gland near the base of the midrib on the lower surface; lobes 
5 to 7, linear-oblong, mucronate, contracted at the base; stipules sword-shaped ; 
flowers purple, rarely white; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, jointed; bracteoles 
cordate, ovate, acute; sepals 5, leafy; petals 5, spreading; staminal tube as in Hibis- 
cus, anther-bearing throughout its whole length; ovary 5-celled; style clavate, 
5-grooved at the apex, with 5 stigmas; ovules many in each cell; capsule about 2.5 
em. long, oblong-pointed; seeds free, covered with white wool overlying a dense 
green down. 
An introduced plant sometimes planted near houses, but never cultivated for its 
cotton. 
REFERENCES: 
Gossypium arboreum L, Sp. Pl. 2: 693. 1753. 
Gossypium barbadense. SEA-ISLAND COTTON, 
Local NAMES.—Atgodon (Guam); Algodon (Spanish); Bulak Pernambuco or 
Fernambuco (Philippines); Vavai (Tahiti). 
A shrub or tall herb, the herbaceous portions of which are nearly smooth and are 
sprinkled with black dots, the branches purplish; leaves usually 1-glandular (see 
illustration of gland, Pl. X), cordate, deeply 3 to 5-lobed; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate; bracteoles very large, deeply gashed; petals spreading, convolute, yellow, 
with a crimson spot; capsule oval, acuminate; seeds black, covered with easily sep- 
arable white or brownish wool. 
This introduced plant is the species which furnishes the American varieties known 
as Bourbon, New Orleans, and Sea-island cotton. 
The natives of Guam are ignorant of spinning and weaving. They utilize cotton 
only for stuffing pillows and cushions. In 1866 an agricultural company called ‘La 
Sociedad Agricola de la Concepcion”’ ¢ attempted the cultivation of cotton, together 
with that of abaks (Musa tertilis), sugar, and rice. Though these products grew 
well, the company failed for lack of labor. 
REFERENCES: 
Gossypium barbadense L. Sp. PL. 2: 6938. 1753, 
Gourd, bottle. See Lagenaria lagenaria. 
Gourd, wax. See Benincasu cerifera, 
Gourd-tree. See Crescentia alata. 
Gracilaria. See Algi. 
Graciola. See Bacopa monniera, 
Gram, green. See Phaseolus mungo. 
Grama. See Capriola dactylon. 
Gramineae. See (Crasses. 
Granada. See Punica granatum. 
Granatum littoreum. Same as VYylocarpus granatum, 
Grape. See (rardens. 
Graptophyllum hortense. Same as Graptophylluin pictum. 
Graptophyllum pictum. CARICATURE PLANT. 
Family Acanthaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—San Francisco (Guam); Balasbas, Sardsa, Lovas (Philippines). 
@See p. 40. 
