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No. 23. GOSSYPIUM OBTUSI FOLI UM, ROXB., YAR. AFRICANA, WATT. 



(A) Specimen collected by Dr. Irving n. 2 (Akese) Abbeokuta, approximately 

 half natural size ; (B) specimen collected by Mrs. E. J. Lugard (n. 198) in the 

 Kwebe Hills, Ngamiland ; (C) portion of (B), life size. A small piece of white 

 paper (x) has been placed below a bractlet occasionally present. 



