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from 40 to 45 mm. The Upland long staples are grown along the 

 Eed Eiver in Arkansas and Texas, and along the Mississippi in 

 Mississippi and Louisiana. Varietal differences in the long staple 

 cottons lie in the size of the boll, the length and strength of lint, and 

 in productiveness.' (Cf. with remarks under G. hirsutum, p. 194 and 

 var. maritima in Egypt, p. 292.) 



(16) ' Allen,' from J. B. Allen, Port Gibson, Miss. This plant Allen, 

 has medium-sized leaves, the majority being 3-lobed, some even entire 



or only angled, glabrescent, smooth, the young parts hairy ; glands 

 three; inflorescence solitary axillary and extra axillary, forming 

 extended flowering shoots ; flowers medium sized, a little exceeding 

 the bracteoles, and early tinged with purple ; petals free almost to 

 the base, oblique thinner margin fringed by strong hairs, often coated 

 with pollen ; bractlets not present, external glands obscure, internal 

 ones fairly distinct ; calyx wide, loose, shorter than is customary, but 

 teeth very large and obtuse ; seeds medium sized, irregularly formed, 

 fuzz imperfect but ashy white; wool very long and silky. This 

 seems a hybrid mainly of G. hirsutum, though the leaves are certainly 

 not as hairy as is customary with hybrids of that species. 



(17) ' Peeler ' from Texas. In this plant all the young parts are Peeler, 

 fairly pilose ; leaves are smaller than is customary with most Uplands 



and 3- or 5-lobed,.the lobes short broad ogee-shaped, acuminate with 

 folds thrown up at the sinuses ; flowers large, pale with the very faintest 

 tinge of purple ; calyx loose, the teeth with wide open curved sinuses 

 between, and many-veined ; peduncles twisted, external and internal 

 glands small, naked ; bracteoles oblong, the three central teeth much 

 the longest ; seeds short, rounded with sparse white fuzz and fair 

 amount of long silky white wool. This is clearly a G. hirsutum hybrid. 



(18) ' Simms.' This form would seem to produce flowering Simms. 

 lateral shoots to a more marked extent than is customary, the flowers 

 being often extra-axillary and showing a tendency to be clustered. 

 Young leaves and petioles sparsely woolly ; leaves broad, 3-5-lobed, 



lobes almost triangular, acuminate, smooth, glabrous, except on the 

 veins, and only one vein bearing a minute gland below; flowers 

 medium-sized, rapidly turning purple ; calyx teeth large, oblong, acute 

 sinuses between, narrow ; bracteoles large, the central tooth much 

 prolonged and nearly reaching the length of the corolla ; external 

 and internal glands small, naked; seeds large, oblong, densely 

 coated with rust-coloured fuzz and fairly long soft pure white wool. 

 This would appear to be a hybrid of G. hirsutum x mexicanum. 



