(2) THE CHINA COTTON'S. 

 The^e cottons are also divisible into two gn)U[l.■^. luie of 

 which is closely allied to the Asiatic group of cottons, iir.d the 

 other to the Upland or Iiirsittuni type of America from wliich 

 country it would appear that they have been imported. Of the 

 relationship of the former group to the better known Asiatic 

 types found in India it is impossible to speak with certainty at 

 ])resent. The question of this relationship is a matter of the 

 utmost difficulty. There appears to have been no critical study 

 of the Chinese cottons in the field, and such information as is 

 available has been derived from herbarium specimens. By 

 Watt* they have been grouped under the name (r. nunkiny, 

 and with them he associates certain forms of Indian cottons 

 among which may be mentioned the Bani or Hinganghat cottons. 

 The forms now under consideration compose a compact group 

 of similar forms characterised by a fully sympodial habit, a leaf- 

 factor <^ •!, entire bracts and a yellow petal. As far ms they 

 have been observed, they appear to fall into 4 types. 



Plant, stem and leaves, pubescent, petal yellow witli a 



preeminent purple eye, seed fuzzy ... ... T; po I 



Plant as in Type I but with a khaki lint ... ... ,. i 



Plant glabious.'steni, bracts and bolls sliuwing a niaiked led 

 tinge or ' burning ' on their upper exposed side, seed 

 naked ... ... ... ... ••• i> 3 



Plant similar to Type 3, glabrous, but the red colour found 

 in the vegetative parts of that type entirely abfent ; 

 pi-tal pure yellow witliout eye, sued naked ... „ 4 



In the plants of this series there occur two characters which 

 are new to the authors in the Asiatic group of cottons. In both 



