18 lYLVA TELI.UR. 



R. B. sem. cinereo tomentosa teretiuscula, 

 byssus elongate albo — South America, 7 feet 

 high, giving only one yearly crop of 2^ ounces 

 of cotton similar to that of the Guyana Cotton. 



58. Gossypmm (Lanig.) isdbelum Raf. sejpi. 

 rubrofusca tomentosa,teretiuscula, corona pilos^, 

 byssus flaveolus — Asiatic, cotton very fine of 

 Isabella yellow, but not very productive. 



59. Gossypmm fLanig.) albescens Raf. 26 

 R. B. sem. ovata tota tomentosa non apiculata, 

 byssus albescens tenax — several varieties 1. 

 megaspermum, large seeds, cotton of a dirty 

 white, 4 ounces per tree, 2. ruhescens, cotton 

 of a redish white color. 3 cayenense small seeds, 

 cotton worthless of a dirty white, very hard to 

 pick, wild at Cayenne. 



60. Gossypium (Lanig.) hicolor Raf. sem. 



tomentosis ovatis nonnulis cinereis, nonnulis 



viridis, byssus albo tenax — Trinidad, a singular 



sp. by two kinds of seeds in the same pods, grey 



and dark green, wrongly deemed a var. of last 

 by Rohr. cotton fine and white. 



. 61. Gossypium (Lanig) purpureum Raf. 27 



R, B. sem. ovatis tomentosis pilosisque apicula- 



tis, fol. calicibusq, purpureis byssus albo tenax 



Antilles and S. Amer. 7 feet high, only li ounce 



of cotton, petiols, nerves and twigs red. 



62. Gossypium, (Lanig.) speciosum Raf. fol. 

 lobis acutis, uniglandulosis, petalis rubro notatis, 

 sem. globosa tomentosa canescens, bysso tenax 



from India, small shrub, but with fine citron 

 flowers with a large red spot at base of petals, 

 capsules small, cotton very short whitish. Is it 

 the G. microcarpon ? 



63. Gossypium (Lanig.) camhayense Raf. G. 

 religiosus var. 28 Rohr. B. fol. lobis subrotundis, 

 gland ula sepe carens, petalis et sem. ut in 62. 



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