166 MO^fADELPHIA DODECA NI>U1 A. GoSSlJpWIII. 



Nankeen, or brown cotton, allied to G. h'nsutnm. This 

 species has been introduced into Bengal under the name 

 JVavkfeu cotton, but does not thrive so well as to make it 

 profitable ; the colour of the wool tawny, and very different 

 from the colour of the cotton cloth commonly called Nankeen, 

 w hich is no doubt dyed. This can scarcely be more than a 

 variety oi' hirsutum. 



J^ote. Since writing- the foregoing, a small variety of this 

 taw py cotton has been introduced into this garden from the 

 province of Nankeen itself, but unfortunately it promises still 

 less than t! e first, and the colour and quality of the wool is 

 much the same. 



5. G. vitifolium. W'dld. iii. 804. 



Sub-arbureous, dark purple, and hairy. Leaves three, 

 sometimes five-lobed ; lobes triangular, and acuminate. Cap- 

 sules oblong ; sides clothed with firmly adhering short, green- 

 ish gray down, under the long, tine, white wool. 



Native place uncertain, but in the Botanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta it grows to be a small, ramous tree, with all the tender 

 parts highly coloured, and very hairy. This sort is in flower 

 and seed the whole year, and though the wool or cotton is 

 fine and large in the fibre, it does not promise advantage to 

 the cultivator, on account of the scantiness of the crop. 



6. G. acuminatum. R. 



Sub-arboreous. Leaves from three to five-lobed; lobes 

 oblong, tapering much, and very acute. Califx deeply la- 

 ciniate. Stipules linear-lanceolate. Capsules long-ovate, 

 much pointed, ^eeds niany, adhering firmly to each other, 

 black, and free of every pubescence, except the long, white 

 wool which is easily removed ; said to be a native of the 

 mountains to the north and westward of Bengal. 



1 do not find that this species is ever cultivated. It is 

 readily distinguished by its superior size, and large black 

 seeds, which adhere firmly to each other. 



