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4. perennc, like last but perennial stem, Italy, 

 Sicily, Spain, Persia, &-c, 



.45. Gossypium (Karpas) giiyanense Raf. 

 10, 11 R. B. sem. ovata scabra nigra, 7-11 

 coalitis in loculis, byssuis elongatus — small tree 

 8. to 12 feet high, producing two crops yearly 

 and each tree 12 to 24 ounces of finest cotton, 

 one of the long staples, native of Guyana and 

 Brazil, 2 var. 1. verutrij Surinam Cotton, seeds 

 9 to 11 in each cell forming a narrow pyramid, 

 2 braziliensis, Brazil Cotton, seeds 7 to 9 form- 

 ing a broad pyramid. 



46. Gossypium (Leiophaium) convexum 

 Raf. 12 R» B. Foliis convexis, sem. levis fusca- 

 ta venosa, postice apic^: barbata, angulo antice 

 ad apice longior, byssus laxus — in S. iWarta, 8 

 feet high, gives two yearly crops of fine snowy 

 cotton easily plucked, 



47. Gossypium (Leiof.) tenax Raf. 14 R. 

 B. sem. levis fuscata venosa, apice coronata 

 penicellata, angulo uncinato,byssus tenax — An- 

 tilles, 10 to 12 feet high, producing 4 ounces of 

 fine long cotton, but very difficult to pluck. 



, 48. Gossypium (heiof. ) fusciirn Raf. 13 R. 



P. sem. levis fuscata venosa, apice postice vil- 

 losa, angulo uncinato, ad apex brevior, byssus 

 fuscatus — tree 12 to 15 feet high,native of Asia, 

 cotton dirty redish brown difficult to pick. 



49. Gossypium, (Leiof.) pallens Raf 1 6 R. 

 B. sem. levis fuse, venosa, apice tomentosa, an- 

 gulo uncinate, byssus rubescens — from Asia also, 

 .6 faet high, cotton paler than last, redish, 3 



ounces. 



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50. Gossypium (Leiof.) asiaticiim Raf. 19 

 R, B, sem. brevis vix ovata levis fuse, venosa, 

 apice barbata villosa, byssus albus— Asiatic, 

 akin to last, same size, leaves, glands, flowers, 



