118 XXT. IStALVACEJE. 



3_5-celled, ovoid, aoiiminate. Seeds free or coherent, black, covered 

 with readily separable cotton, without any underlying down. Fl. B. I, 

 V. 1, p. 347 : K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzeuf. v. 3, part fi, p. 52, 

 fig. 24 ; Todaro, Cult. Cot. p. 234 ; (luerke, in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. 12, 

 part 3, p. 582 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 15. 



Yields the American varieties known as Barbadoes, Bourbon and Sea 

 Island cottons. It was introduced into Bombay in the early part of the 

 present century, where it failed in Gujarat and all the Northern provinces 

 of the Presidency, but was successfully established in the Dharwar Col- 

 lectorate, though its yield per acre was not large. {DaheU ^ Gibson, 

 Bombay Floi"a, Sup])l. p. 8.) 



Vab. 1. brasiliense. A much-branched shrub. Leaves large, 3-7- 

 lobed with the sinuses rising up as a fold between the lobes. Involucral 

 bracts large, deeply laciniate. Corolla large, wholly yellow or yellow 

 with purple base. Capsules ovoid, acuminate, shorter than the involucre ; 

 cells 7-9-seeded. Seeds firmly adhering together ; cotton easily 

 separable from the seed, without any underlving down. 6. hra.nlicnse, 

 Macf. Fl. Jamaica (1837) p. 72 " chain cotton " ; Tod. Cult. Cot. p. 265 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 128 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 23. G. aCHmmatum, Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 8. G. Vau- 

 pellii(^l). Grab. Cat. p. 15. G. rdi(/iosiim ('?), Grab. Cat. p. 15. 



One of the varieties classed as Jcidncy-coUons from the coherent seeds. 

 Pernambuco or Brazilian cotton, an introduction by the Portuguese from 

 Peru or Brazil. (Dalzell 6f Gibson, 1. c.) 



4. Gossypium arboreum, Linn. Sj). PI. (1753) p. 693. Arbor- 

 escent ; branches purple, hairy. Leaves deeply palmately 5-7-lobed, 

 with often an extra tooth in the sinus, coriaceous, subglabrous ; lobes 

 linear-oblong, contracted at the base, bristle-tipped ; petioles villous, 

 longer than the pedicels, rigid ; stipules lanceolate. Pedicels axillary, 

 1-flosvered, jointed above the middle. Involucral bracts cordate, ovate- 

 acute, subentire. Corolla small, purple ; petals spreading. Stamiual- 

 tube antheriforous for its whole length. Capsule about 1 in. long, oblong, 

 pointed. Seeds free, covered with white cotton not readily separable 

 from the seed, overlying dense greenish velvety down. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 347 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 6, p. 52, lig. 25 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. II (1897) p. 128 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 5. 6r. relvjiosam and G. vitifotinin{'i), Dalz. it Gibs. Suppl. 

 p. 8. — Veen. Narma ; Dcva-l-dpas. 



In gardens and about temples ; not grown as a field crop. Tlie cotton, wliich is of 

 fine quality, is used in making the sacred thread, " Miinj " ; hence the native name. 



Yar. 1. neyhdum. Shrubby, size dependent on soil and cultivation. 

 Leaves 3-5-7-lobed ; lobes )iarrower Ihan in G. arhoreum, acute, rarely 

 bristle-tipped, hairy ; extra tooth loss distinct than in G. arhoream. 

 Inflorescence on short lateral branches, 2-4 - flowered ; corolla yellow 

 with ])urple centre. Involucral bracts much larger than in G. arhoreum, 

 with greatly elongate lateral cars, ovate, acute, tootlied above. Capsules 

 pointed. Seeds with grejn velvet d )wn bt^iow wliiti-. cotton. G. ne(/Ji'c(ain, 

 Tod. Cult. Cot. p. 1(59; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. ll' (1897) 

 p. 128 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. -1, p. 7. — Vkkn. Deshi at Ahmednagar, 

 ex Woodrow 1. c. 



