298 CULTIVATION OF COTTON 
and involucel), and inner calyx studded with tuberculated black points. 
Leaves: the upper ones are often simple and cordato-ovate, or are partially 
lobed on one side, acute at other times, three-lobed ; the lower and larger 
five-lobed ; /obes ovate, acute, with obtuse angles, generally smooth, 
except on the lower surface, where at times they are a little pubescent, 
and there are from one to three glands below. Stipules of the young 
shoots are falcato-lanceolate or awl-shaped, of the flower-bearing 
stalklets broadly faleate, often foliaceous on one side. Outer calyz 
large, appressed in whole or in part, closely surrounding the capsule, 
deeply laciniate. Flowers large, showy, and yellow. Capsule large, 
ovate, more or less deeply pitted with points of the size of a pin-head, 
three- or four-celled, sometimes five-celled ; seeds six or seven (perhaps 
more). Seeds various, and presenting the following differences :—l. 
Black and naked, perfectly free from down or fuzz, excepting a small 
fawn or greenish-white tuft at one extremity.—2. Entirely covered 
with a closely adhering greenish-grey or whitish fuzz.—3. Resembling 
both the preceding, one half perfectly clear, the other fuzz-covered. 
Remarks,—Here are several points of interest which I have not yet 
ascertained experimentally :— » ; 
1. Does the black clean seed without fuzz always produce the like 
when planted ? 
2. Or will the same seed in time produce all the varieties? as seems 
.. to be the prevailing opinion. 
3. Are all the different varieties of seed given above ever found on 
the same plant? The few observations I have made, since asking 
myself this question, incline me to answer in the negative, and I have 
hitherto found only clean black seeds on one bush, fuzz-covered seeds. 
on another. — 
(04. Are there any marked differences in the habit, form of leaves, ete., 
_ of plants producing these different seeds? I believe I can readily dis- 
. tinguish the black naked-seeded plant by its greater coarseness of stalk 
and leaf, the darker colour of the latter, and its more elongated lan- 
ceolate lobes. But on all these points I am not satisfied, and will make 
further inquiries. : 
With regard to the quantity of cotton cultivated, it is impossible to 
ascertain anything with certainty. No records are kept, no statistics 
ainable, with the exception of one fact, which may give us some idea 
e the subject. _ Abbeokuta is supposed by some to contain 100,000 
