MALVACEii:. 73 



first mentioned Author,* "has many seeds conglomerated ; the 

 other, its seeds separated." 



2. Gossypiitm purpurascens. Purple-sfemtned Cot- 

 ton. 



Siibglabrous, leaves 3-lobed glabrous above pubes- 

 cent and uniglandulose beneath, leatiets of the invo- 

 lucellum cordate laciniated, capstde o-celled, seeds 

 distinct ovate acute. 



Poir. suppl. II. 369. 



HAB. Liguanea. 



FL. March— November. 



A shrub 6-10 feet in height : branches purpurascent, nigro- 

 papillose towards the extremity, glabrous. Leaves 8-lobed, 

 with the lobes ovato-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved with the mid- 

 dle nerve glandulose on the under surface near the base, glab- 

 rous above, pubescent and nigro-papillose along the nerves be- 

 neath : petiole glabrous. Stipules an inch in length, attenuato- 

 lanceolate. Peduncle axillary, usually furnished with an ovate 

 acuminate leaf. Petals of a sulphur yellow, with a deep purple 

 stain at the claw ; externally puberulous and nigropunctulated. 

 Stigmata 3. Capsule 3-valved : seeds separate, ovate, acute, 

 black : cotton white. 



This species is described by Poiret as a native of the warmer 

 parts of America. It approaches very nearly to G. Barba- 

 DENSE ; but, in the latter, the leaves are triglandulose beneath, 

 and the lower ones are 5-lobed. 



3. * Gossypium Barbadense. Barhadoes Cotton. 



Subglabrous, upper leaves 3-lobcd, lower ones 5- 

 lobed, triglandulose on the under surface, capsules 

 3-celled. 



Willd, Sp. III. 806. 



HAB. ? 



FL. ? 



4. Gossypium Jamaicense. Wild Cotton. 



Villous, the upper leaves cordate entire, the lower 

 ones 3-lobed acuminate pubescentabovestellato-villous 

 and uni-glandiilose beneath, leaflets of the involucel- 

 lum united at the base laciniated at the apex, capsules 

 4-celled, seeds 5 in each cell free ovate acute. 



* A Vov..ge tn Jamaica, &c. Vol. ii. p. 68, 



