Gossypium. monadelphia dodecandria. 18'^ 



A low, stout, very lanious species, a native of Coromandel ; 

 flowers in October. 



GOSSYPIUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1138. 



Cafi/x <loul>le ; the exterior one three-parted. Capsules 

 from three to rtve-celled. Seeds clothed with cotton wool. 



J. G. ohiusifolhim. R. 



Shruhby, very ranious. Le«v^.« small, with three, rarely 

 five, obtuse, ovate, entire lobes. Stipules falcate. The exte- 

 rior calyx with entire divisions. Capsnles ovate ; cells three- 

 seeded. Seeds free and clothed with firndy adhering-, short, 

 greenish -gray down, under a small portion of ash-coloured 

 wool. 



A native of Ceylon, but not cultivated. Flowers during' 

 the rains and cold season in the Botanic garden at Calcutta. 



2. G. arboreum. Cavan. Diss. vi. 311. t. 193. Willd. iii. 



804. 



Shrubby, thin of branches. Leaves from three to five-lob- 

 ed, hairy. Stipules ensiform. Leaflets roundish pointed. 

 Seeds free, but downy under the white wool. 



G. herbacemn. S. Xylon J\Iadraspatense ritbicundo pen- 

 taphylliim. Pluck. Am. p. 172. J'. 3. seems to me to be this 

 plant, but 1 cannot bring- myself to think Cudu puriti of the 

 Hortus Malabaricus, i. t. 31. to be the san»e. It may proba- 

 bly be Gsertner's Gossypivm relif/iosum. In both, the cap- 

 sules are nearly round, and 1 know of no other species with 

 any thing- like a round pericarpium. 



It is found in the gardens of the curious over most parts of 

 India, where it is in flower great part of the year. 



From my enquiries and observations, it does not appear 

 ever to be cultivated for its wool. 



