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4. Abutilon filiforme, Jacq. 

 W. I. and Africa. 



5. A. permolle, G. Don. (Swains.) 

 Indigenous. 



6. A. Indicum, G. Don. 



7. Abelmoschus moschatus, Mchx. 



Musk Ochra. Native of Bengal, naturalized in all tropical 

 countries. 



8. A. esculentus, W. A. 



Ochra, Gumbo. Naturalized from Africa. 



9. Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis, L. 



Red Hibiscus. Naturalized from gardens in Asia. 



10. H. Phoeniceus, Jacq. 

 In gardens. 



11. H. Sabdariffa, L. 



Red or Indian Sorrel. In gardens. 



12. Gossypium Barbadense, L. 

 Cotton. Cultivated. America. 



13. G. sp. 



Red or Harbor Island Cotton. Harbor Island, wild. Distin- 

 guished by colored cotton adhering to green seeds. Comparison 

 with specimens of colored cotton in the Botanical Museum of 

 Berlin show this to resemble more nearly Gossypium probiculatum 

 Klstrsch., being of a more uniform reddish-brown than G. religiosum, 

 and not so dark as G. herbaceum var. lana rufa, of Porto Rico and 

 Cuba. (Collected by Krug and Urban.) It is very similar, when 

 manufactured, to Nankeen cotton. Its color resists bleaching agents, 

 sun, acids and alkalies, and has been used by the Harbor Islanders 

 for makino- gloves. Its color seems to become darker in rich soils. 

 Samples sent to the Colonial Exhibition, London, 1886, attracted 

 much and favorable attention. It seems worthy of cultivation. 

 First account Sebartz, Stockh. Handl., 1790. 



14. Eriodendron anfractuosum, D. C. 



Silk-cotton Tree, Ceiba. S. America. Naturalized in West 

 Indies. The large specimen at Nassau is said to have been brought 

 from South Carolina, and to have given rise to all others on the 

 island. 



15. Helicteres Jamaicensis, Jacq. 

 Screw-tree. W. Indian. 



