- '5 S II O rt T U S J A :! A I C E N S t S. -<n-To: 



" When the juice or extract is, by eitlior of tVie preceding mcthojTa, broi}g>f!t to <% 

 (Ine consistence, it may be uianiit'actnreu into balls, about the size of common wash- 

 ImUs, dricil in tii.c shaUe, and kejH for iise ; anil^. to prevent their sticking together, 

 or to the hands, nothing ianiore proper tiian the fine iishes of the iyc-tiib, which may 

 be toan J on most estates, or may be prepared occasicinaliy, being first (iried and siftci. 



" A caution must be used, (lOver toeoinpoujid tihe extract with tailovv, or any other 

 uuctagns materials, for any mixairc of tiiat kind vvuL render it mucit lesi efficacious." 



Cork-Tref. ^ee DownTrrr. 

 CoRK-W'o(,)U See Ai.LiOATOR Apple. 

 CoK^" See GiiEAT Corn and Guinea Corjs. 



COTTON". GOSSYPIUM. 



Ct. 16, OR. 6. Monadeljikia polyarrdrla. 'NATiOii.CutinnniJera-. 



Ttls thonglit this generic name is derived from an Egyptian word. 



Gen, CHAR. Calyx a double periantii : outer one-leE\ed, trifid, flat, largjer ; inner 

 one-leaved, bluDtlj eniarginate, ii> five rows, cup-hjrni ; the corolla hasfj\r pe- 

 tals, ob-cordate, flat, spreading, fastened by their base to theUibe of the stamens ; 

 the stamens are numerous filaments, miting at'bottom into a tube, separate at 

 and below the tip, lax, inserted into tlie corolla ; anthers kidney-form : the pistil 

 lias a roundish germ, style colunmar, the length of tae stamens, stigmas three or 

 four, thickish ; the pericarp is a roundish capsule, acuminate, three or four- 

 celled; partitions contrary ; the seeds are very many, oval, involved in cotton. 

 Two sjjecies grow in Jamaica. 



I . BARBADENSE. EARB.\DOES, 



-Gossypium Brasiliayiuiyi flore Jiavo. Sloane, v. 2, p. 67. Frutieo^ 

 sum, J'oliis trilobis, semviibu.<; 7najoribus. Browne, p. 283. 



Leaves three-lobed, quite entire, with three glands underneath. 



Stem from six to fifteen feet in height, suffruticose, biennial, smooth ; branches 

 almost erect, round, and smooth or pubescent; leaves alternate, the upper threo-Iobed, 

 the lovi-er five-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute, nerved, smooth above, but pubescent un- 

 derneath ; petioles five or six inches long, roundish, patukous, smooth, or sometimes 

 pubescent. Glandular pores commonly three, on the u'.idribs of the leaves underneath. 

 Peduncles opposite to the petioles and shorter, thickish, round, striated, pubescent^ 

 one-flowered. Flowers large, yellow, turning finally reddish. Outer calj'x half five- 

 cleft ; segments ovate, acute, smooth, or pubescent, or having black atoms scattered 

 over them : inner having three or five minute blunt teeth : petals having a purple spot 

 at the base, and smootjh on the outside. Filaments shorter than the petals ; anthers 

 yellow or fulvous ; germ roundish, acuminate ; style three or five-cleft at top ; capsule 

 ovate-roundish, smooth, sometimes dotted with black, three-celled, three-valved i 

 seeds oblong, eight to twelve, black, easily separated from the cotton. Sw. 



The following account of cotton, its cultivation, and manufacture, is taken from 

 Mr. Edwards History of the West ladies : 



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