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n. 231, fron North-west India; Rottler, specimen (in which the calyx is 

 almost 5 -toothed, the plant approximating to var. sanguinea) ; Wallich, 

 n. 1881, typical, ex herb. Heyne ; Wight, n. 214 (named G. herbaceum 

 a hybrid state of this plant, with the segments of the leaves broader than is 

 usually the case and the capsules larger and more linear in form, thus 

 approximating to G. Nanking). Lastly, in the Kew Herbarium there is a 

 sample from the Malay, viz. Horsfield, ' Javan Kapas,' n. 1192 (that may 

 be spoken of as a fairly good example of this plant, though, perhaps, a 

 trifle too hairy, thus approaching to var. sanguined). 



In the British Museum Sloane Herb. (Pluk.), vol. 90, f. 38, a red- 

 flowered cotton, locality (?) India; vol. 93, f. 185, said to be t. 188, f. 3, 

 collected (?) by Dubois, locality (?) India ; vol. 96, f. 59 (type) (see Plate 

 No. 7 A), locality not stated ; vol. 100, f . 107 (locality not stated) ; (Petiver), 

 vol. 165, f. 212 (collected by Camel, var. (?) ; Boerhaave), vol. 322 ; 

 ForskaTs own sample of G. rubrum and named hadie ; Dr. Hove's 

 sample of perennial cotton collected at Baroda (see Plate No. 7 D). 



In the Edinburgh Herbarium there are many good specimens of this 

 species from INDIA, such as Wight, n. 179 (ex herb. Greville, named 

 G. nigrum, Ham., and a duplicate, n. 176, named G. album, Ham.), also 

 a specimen from Dr. Cleghorn, collected in the North Panjab. 



In the Cambridge University Herbarium, in addition to duplicates of 

 some of above, Dr. Kelaart's specimen from Ceylon may be specially 

 mentioned, and Schimper's Abyssinian plant, n. 691, which may be a 

 hybrid of G. arboreum x G. Nanking (see Boji). 



In De Candolle's Herbarium, Geneva, there is a sample by Zollinger 

 from Java, collected in 1853, as also a duplicate of Wight's n. 176. 



In the Herbaria of Florence and Naples there are very few typical 

 examples of this species. The specimens so named in Parlatore's hand- 

 writing are, however, mostly G. neglectum, Tod. 



In the herbarium of K. E. P., Calcutta, n. 1761 was collected by myself 

 in a field near Palitana, Kathiawar (cf. with var. sanguinea). 



Nomenclature. Since Linnaeus, in defining this species, re- 

 published the description given by Plukenet, and since the actual 

 plant from which Plukenet's plate (' Aim. Phyt.,' t. 188, f. 3) was 

 made is still preserved in the Sloane Herbarium of the British 

 Early Museum (see Plate No. 7, ff. A and B), that description and plate 

 epeci- must be accepted as manifesting the type of the species botanically. 

 But in the Linnean Herb, there is, in addition, a good specimen, which 

 is named ' 3 arboreum ' in Linnaeus' own handwriting (see Plate 

 No. 7 C), and this exactly matches Plukenet's plant. There is no 

 difficulty, therefore, as to the botany of this species, if some of the 

 synonyms that subsequently came to be quoted under it be ex- 

 cluded. But there is, however, a practical fact of some value that 

 may be here recorded. In Plukenet's herb, (now a portion of the 

 Sloane Herbarium) have been preserved several specimens, and 

 one of these bears a ripe fruit. The cotton from that plant has 



