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but fruits, seeds and cotton different, producing 

 6 ounces each tree of fine white cotton. 



51. Gossypium (Le'iof. ) amMospermum Raf. 

 15 li. B, som. levis fuse, venosa, angiilo obtuso, 

 a%^x viiloso, byssus laxo — Antilles, 10 feet high, 

 pioducing only 2^ ounces of cotton. 



52. Gossypium (Leiof.) trichospernmm R. 

 17, 18 R. R. sem. levis fuse. ven. angulo acuto, 

 corona villosa et capillaris, byssus elongate — of 

 South America, New Grenada, Peru &c, tree 

 12 to 20 feet high, the longest known staple 7 

 or 8 inches long, a var. has a shorter staple, 

 both difficult to spin. 



53. Gossypium (Lanigerum) rupestre Raf, 



20 R. B. sem. subglobosa parva siibvillosa, pilis 

 adpressis — found wild in Curazaoon rocks,cap- 

 sules and seeds very small, but cotton silky 

 snowy and strong. Leaves variable. 



54. Gossypium (Lani^.) divaricatum Raf. 



21 R. B- Ramis patulis, sem. oblonga villosa 

 coronata pilosa, angulo uncinato — Hayli, 7 feet 



* high branches divergent spreading, gives two 



yearly crops. 



55. Gossypium (Lanig.) sarmentosum Raf. 



22 R. B. ramis procumbens sarmentosis, sem. 

 oblonga, villosa, corona pilosa,, antice plana, 

 postice gibbosa — very peculiar African sp. 

 branches drooping or prostrate 5 feet long. 

 Leaves like the last says Rohr, cotton very 



white. 



56. Gossypium CLanig.) teleium Raf. 23 R. 

 B. sem. fulvo tomentosa, sulcata tuberculata, 

 macula glabra ad basi anlice, byssus colorato 



native place unknown, very peculiar seeds 

 with several obtuse angles and furrows, cotton 

 fine of a yellowish brc wn. 



57. Gossypium (Lanig.) cinereum Raf. 24 



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