8 ET PERUVIAN COTTON IN INDIA. 
deracez, except that, as the younger Agardh has pointed out, Hede- 
racez, like Apiaceæ, have epitropous ovules, and Corneze apotropous.* 
ON THE INTRODUCTION OF PERUVIAN COTTON INTO 
INDIA. 
By Ciements R. Marxuam, Esq., F.R.G.S. 
The numerous experiments in the cultivation of varieties of Cotton 
from other parts of the world, which have been tried under the auspices 
of the different Governments of India, will probably be considered to 
have some botanical interest. The object of course has been to disco- 
ver the variety which will yield the most remunerative crop in each of 
the regions (differing widely from each other in climate, soil, and 
amount of rainfall) which form our Indian Empire. I have myself 
introduced the varieties of Gossypium indigenous to the valleys of the 
coast of Peru, and I propose to give a brief account of the results of 
the experiment, so far as it has yet gone. 
While travelling in the Coimbatore and Madura Collectorates, in the 
southern part of the Madras Presidency, in the autumn of 1860, I was 
struck with the resemblance of the climate, in many respects, to that 
the coast valleys of Peru. This part of India appeared to me to be 
admirably adapted for the cultivation of the valuable species of Cotton 
which are indigenous to Peru, while it seemed unlikely that North 
American cotton could ever be extensively raised to advantage in so 
dry a climate, The problem appeared to me to be the introduction of 
a cotton with a longer staple than that of the indigenous plant of India, 
and therefore better suited to the demands of Manchester, which will 
thrive in the exceedingly dry climate of the eastern side of the Madras 
Presidency; and it seemed likely that the Peruvian cotton would meet 
the requirements of the case. 
growing in 
is Gemmule “sunt nempe in Araliaceis et Umbelliferis 
epitropm, in Cornaceis vero (observavi gemmulas Corni 
his proxime Acube) ut in Caprifoliaceis et Viburueis 
Theoria Syst. Plaut. p. 303.) 
velut in Hamamelideis 
t, Benthamie, Corokie et 
apotrope.” (J, G. Agardh 
