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Blended by Rohr. with the last as varieties of 

 G, religio sum jwhlch however appears different 

 from both, taller shrub with larger capsules and 

 and seeds than last, but same fine flowers. 

 -. 64, Gossypium (Lanig.) rohrianum Raf. 29 

 J^hr. sem. tomentosa, glomerata, byssus tenax. 

 Portorico, similar to G. guyanensis in every 

 respect except the wooly seeds and shorter sta- ^ 

 pie hard to pick. 



There are besides many other kinds of cot'ton 

 slightly indicated by various writers, but not 

 described; two of them deserve to be acquired 

 and studied. 



65. Gossypium aureum Raf. Golden Cotton 

 of Dahomey in Africa, of a fine yellow color. 



66. Gossypium nankin Raf, the fine pale 

 nankin Cotton of China different from all others. 



The silky Cotton of Asia and America is pro- 

 duced by several sp. of Bomhax, it has a short 



brittle down, like that of the Genus Asclepias, 



67. Kambala Raf. (n. ind.) cal. camp. 4fid. 



crassus persisteus, cor. o, stam. plura multiseri- 



atis basi monad elphis, antheris cordatis, ov. 

 turb. stylo tereto flexuoso, stigma maximum, 

 pileiforme subtus concavo. Pomum Slocul. sem. 

 plura in pulpa. Arbor, fol. oppos, fl. pedic. 

 articul. axil, et term, — fam. Hesperides near 

 Sonneratia and Citrus. If Kambala is too bar- 

 barous, I propose Mycostylis applying to the 

 style like a Fungus. 



68. Kambala pendala Raf. (Sonneratia ape- 

 tala Buch. ic. auct.) Ramis pendulis, ramulis 

 brachiatis, fol. petiol. ovatolanceol. integris car- 



nosis avenis, pedunc. cernuis — fine tree of Ava, 

 with habit of weeping willow. Sonneratia dif- 

 fers by cal. urceolate 6fid, 6petals, different 



gtyle &c. 



