78 STUDIES IN GUJARAT COTTONS 
“ Talio, Kanmi. Bolls 1} by Z inch, cotton fine, adhering only slightly to 
seed, staple $ inch. 
“ Kumpta, Broach. Size and habit of Lalio, but more hairy, and some of 
the bolls rounder but smaller, 1} by 8 inch. 
‘* Goghari, similar in most respects to Wagadia, but the plants are more 
spreading and the bolls open out like those of Lalio.”’ 
It is needless to follow the various modifications of the classification 
which have been given by different writers, but if we put together the essential 
facts as given by each of them, and combine them with our observations, 
we can indicate the following three clearly distinct types now cultivated in 
Gujarat :— 
1. Wagad ( Wagadia, Dhumadia, Sakalio, Dabalio )is a small branched 
bush, usually standing eighteen to thirty inches high, much less hairy than 
Broach deshi. The young stems, petioles, etc., are moderately thickly covered 
with simple hairs. Stellate hairs are large and numerous on the young leaves, 
few on the older leaves, which are almost glabrous and have a shining oily 
appearance. Stems, branches and petioles are of a deeper red in the upper 
surfaces than with Broach deshi. Leaves three to five lobed, cordate, half 
segmented or less. Lobes ovate to broad ovate, constricted at the base ; the 
lobes of the leaves on the younger branches are broad, obtuse, leathery and 
not constricted at the base. The spreading habit of the bracteoles is seen in 
all the annual cottons of Gujarat, but is most marked in Wagad, where they 
often begin to spread when the floweris opening. Bolls are smooth, globose 
usually, but sometimes tapering, mostly three-celled, and do not open fully 
when ripe, so that they are forced open by hand when removing the 
kapas. The lint is dull, white and coarser than Broach deshi and about equal 
in staple to the latter.* The seeds are rather large in size, oval in shape with 
a distinct hook at the tip, five to eight per cell and covered with fuzz. 
The primary fruiting branches are stronger in Wagad than in other types 
of herbaceum cotton, while the axillary limbs develop later. Hence a larger 
proportion of the bolls are borne on the primary fruiting branches than in other 
Gujarat varieties. Wagad is the earliest flowering herbaceum but the flowering 
lasts a very long time, and the ripening is slow. The plant requires ‘ess 
moisture than the other varieties, and takes eight months to ripen. It is 
grown on slightly saltish land and its distribution in Gujarat reflects this 
feature. In British Gujarat, it nearly occupies 248,000 acres. 
2. Broach deshi (Lalio) is a small shrub usually three to four feet high 
but varying greatly in size according to the soil. The whole plant is 
*Most of the description is taken from Middleton ( loc. cit. ), 
