6 INDIAN COTTONS. 
1. Gossypiuin obtusifolium, Roxb.—Var. nov. sindica. 
Branching more 
sparse than in type, 
upper branches with 
a strong tendency to 
become successively 
shorter. Plants with 
a tendency towards 
G. indicum. 
2. Gossypium arboreum, Linn.—-Perennial. Whole plant and 
corolla dark purple or red. 
Velvet of seeds green. 
Lobes of leaves narrow. 
F :) is var. nov. platyloba. Lobes 
of leaves broad. 
‘> : ; var. nov. vagans. Lint khaki. 
3. Gossypium sanguineum, Hassk.—Annual. Plants dark 
purple. Corolla dark 
purple. 
(a) broad lobed forms. 
(6)narrow lobed 
forms. 
4 : var. nov. mainor. Corolla 
pink purple. 
(a) broad lobed forms. 
(b)narrow lobed 
forms. 
Bb. Herbaceum Growp.— Bushes round-headed or with the apex 
of the stem slightly prolonged and sparsely branched. All the 
branches usually long and spreading Leaves softly hairy, light 
green, folds lateral only in the sinuses. Bracteoles round, uni- 
formly gashed, usually spreading in fruit. Flowers yellow with a 
dark eye. (The eyein the corolla of herbaceum varieties shows a 
yellowish white circle in the centre, from which arises the staminal 
tube and style. This circle throws out obliquely radiating yellow 
narrow bands or patches unoccupied by the dark crimson of the 
