XXY. MALVACBJ;. 117 



small, slightly united at the base, ovate, cordate, acute, shortly toothed. 

 Corolla yellow with purple base, becomhig reddish ou the outside after 

 maturity. Capsules small, ovoid, acute, 4-celled with 8 seeds iu each 

 cell. Seeds small, ovoid, subrotund ; velvet very short and firmly 

 adherent; wool white or whitish-red. G. ]Viijhtianum, Tod. Cult. Cot. 

 p. 141, t. 4, tigs. 1-9, et t. 11, tig. lU ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat, 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 128 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 4, p. 28. 



Hinganghat cotton, ex Woodrow 1. c. This, according to Todaro, 

 is the principal source of the Indian cotton. 



The wild cotton from Badami in Woodrow's list 1. c. appears to be a 

 wild condition of G. Wir/htianum, or a hybridised form with perhaps 

 G. neglecfum. 



Var. 2. religiosuni, Mast, iu El. B. I. v. 1, p. 347. Perennial, 

 diffuse. Leaves hairy, 3-5-lobed ; lobes triaugular, acute ; stipules 

 cordate, acuminate. Involucral bracts large, deeply iaciniate. Corolla 

 uniformly yellow or yellowish-white. Capsules 4-5-celled, oblong, 

 much pointed. Seeds free, with tirmly adherent tawny down ; uuder- 

 lying cotton of the same color or w bite ; cotton not easily separable 

 from the seeds. G. relvjiosam, lioxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3, p. 185; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 128; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. IG ; not of Grab. Cat. p. 15; not of Dalz. & Gibs. 8uppl. p. 8. 



A vigorous shrub, thriving in moist sandy soil, ex AVoodrow, 1. c. 



Yields the cotton known as Nankin or Khaki cotton. Its cultivation 

 has been periodically encouraged by Government othcials, with a view to 

 obtain Icluili-colored or iiaturc-chjed cotton. Koxburgh was of opinion 

 that the plant came to India from China. 



Var. 3. Jdrsutum, Mast, in El. B. I. v. 1, p. 347. Shrubby ; young 

 parts hairy. Leaves divided to the middle, 3-5-lobed ; lobes triangular. 

 Involucral bracts deeply Iaciniate, obtuse. Elowers wholly pale yellow 

 without purple base. Capsules ovoid, acute. Seeds free, clothed with 

 closely adherent green or grey down underlying long white wool. 

 G. hirsutum, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 975 ; Tod. Cult. Cot. p. 210 ; Pari. 

 Sp. Cot. p. 41, t. 5 (exclud. some syn.); K. Schuin. iu Engl. & Prautl, 

 PHanzenf. v. 3, part G, p. 51, fig. 23; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prol. v. 4, 

 p. 17. 6r. harhadense^ var. Upland Georgian, Eoyle, Cot. in India, p. 148, 

 t. 3, fig. 4. 



The deeply Iaciniate involucral bracts resemble those of G. barbadense, 

 of which R. Wight considers it to be a variety. The foliage, how- 

 ever, resembles that of G. herbaceum, while the cotton is adherent to 

 the seeds which are furnished with underlying down. It is not itupro- 

 bable that it may be a hybrid. 



Grown largely in the S. M. Country, especially iu the Dharwar CoUectorate. The 

 cotton is known as Saw-ginned Dluirwar, or Upland Georgian. 



3. Gossypium barbadense, Linn. /Sjj. PI. (1753) p. G93. A 



much-branched shrub reaching o-S ft. high, glabrous or the young parts 

 more or less pubescent. Leaves cordate, black-dotted, the midrib or the 

 two lateral nerves with a glaud, deeply 3-5-lobed ; lobes acumiuate ; 

 petioles rather long, slender ; stipules linear-lanceolate. Pedicels short, 

 stout, often glandular at the top, axillary, solitary. Involucral bracts 

 very large, deeply Iaciniate. Corolla yellow with purple base. Capsules 



