184 BIONADF.LPHIA DODFX A NDRIA. GoSSypiUm. 



3. G. herbaceum. WUhl. iii. 803. 



Bi-triennial ; yoimff pnrfs hniry. Leaves hoary, palmate, 

 Mith sub-lanceolate, rather acute lobes. Stipnles falcate- 

 lanceolate. Leaves of the exterior calyx dentate. Capsules 

 ovate, pointed. Seeds free, clothed with firmly adhering, 

 white down, under the long- white wool. 



Gossypium. Capas. Rnmph. Amh, iv. p. 33. t. 12. 



Sans. Karpassee. 



Hind. Rewee. 



Beng. Kapass. 



G. herhaceum. Cavan. Diss. vi. p. 310. t. 164.^*. 2. 



Arab. Kooln. 



Teliuf). Pati chittoo the plant, and Pati the cotton itself. 



This and its varieties are by far the most universally cul- 

 tivated by the natives of India. The most conspicuous of 

 these varieties are the Dacca, Berar, and China cottons. 



Dacca Cotton may be reckoned the first variety, or de- 

 viation, from the last mentioned common sort. 



G. herbaceum is in general cultivation all over Bengal and 

 Coromandel. It is reared about Dacca, and furnishes that 

 exceedingly fine cotton w ool employed in manufacturing the 

 very delicate, beautiful muslins of that place. The Dacca 

 variety differs from the common G. herbaceum in the follow- 

 ing respects. 



\st. In the plant being more erect, with fewer branches, 

 and the lobes of the leaves more pointed. 



2nd. In the whole plant being tinged of a reddish colour, 

 even the petioles, and nerves of the leaves, and being less 

 pubescent. 



3?y/. In having the peduncles which support the flowers 

 longer, and the exterior margins of the petals tinged with 

 red. 



Aih. In the staple of the cotton being longer, much finer, 

 and softer. 



These are the niost obvious disagreements, but whether 

 they will prove permanent I cannot say at present. The 



