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subrotundate, apex deeply hollowed out, 4-5 celled, cells 6-7 seeded ; 

 seeds ovate, short mucronate at hilum, covei'ed with thick closely 

 adhering fibre, in some cases white ash-gray, short, in other cases 

 rather long and white. 

 Broach — Ghoghari. 



2. Gossypium Wightianum Tod. Stem erect and covered with soft 

 hairs; branches spreading, slightly ascending, leaves rather rotun- 

 date, obscurely obcordate, 3-5 lobed, lobes ovate, obtuse with bases 

 drawn together or wrinltled, the depressions between two lobes 

 obtuse with small dentiformed lobes now and then 

 interjected, stipules semiovate, somewhat sickle shaped, 

 otherwise linear lanceolate, all acuminate ; peduncles erect 

 during the blooming period but i-ecurved during fruit- 

 ing; bracts ovate, very small, base united, cordate, acute, 

 small serrated; corolla longer than bracts, obovate, unequal- 

 ly shaped, yellow, base spotted dark purple but after flower opens, 

 petals turn red ; bolls very small, ovate, 8-seeded ; seeds small ovate- 

 subrotundate, densely covered with fibre; fibre short and closely 

 adhering and white. 



Nadam, Deshi— .Jakko — Roji — Nimari barie. 



3. Gossypium martimum, Tod. Glabrous, stem erect, branched, 

 tall ; branches graceful, spreading, subpyramidal ascending, and 

 later recurving; leaves rotundate-ovate, sub-cordate, 3-5 lobed, some- 

 times intermingled with other entire leaves, lobes ovate, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, or lanceolate-oblong, depressions between lobes subrotun- 

 date ; single peduncle above the axis of leaf and stem, an inch long 

 during flowering period, but afterwai-ds elongating; bracts broadly 

 ovate, cordate, adhering at middle of base with calyx, but not 

 coalescing among themselvs , deeply cut into lobes, lobes near base 

 slightly broader, lanceolote, terminating with an elongated 

 point ; corolla longer than bracts, petals yellow, or pale sulphur col- 

 or, not entirely expanded during flowering period ; lower part of style 

 free from stamens and equal in length to anther-beaiing column. 

 Style somewhat three parted ; boll ovate-conical, acute, three to four 

 celled, 6-9 seeded; seeds beaked at hilum, black, smooth and covered 

 with long silky fibre. 



Jakko, Manuah,Mit Afifl. 



4. Gossypium maritimum vfiv poly carpitm Pod. Stem erect, simple ; 

 1-3 peduncles in the axis of each leaf ; few if any branches. 



Bamieh. 



5. Gossypium roseum var albiflorum Tod. Stem erect, branches 

 slender, spreading profusely, pyramidal, slightly ascending; leaves 

 palmate parted, cordate, marginally fringed with hairs, segments 5-7, 

 lanceolate acute, base somewhat narrowed, depression rotundate. 



