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about 1 to 1^ inches long, with external and internal glands distinct, 

 but naked (no bractlets) ; bracteoles very large, ovate oblong, the 

 three central teeth very long and prolonged together ; seeds large, 

 oblong, obtuse, coated with green (turning grey) fuzz and fair 

 amount of woolly white floss. It is a hybrid of G. hirsutum x 

 mexicanum. 



(22) ' Berry Big Boll ' from J. L. Berry, Hampton, Ga. A sub- Berry, 

 glabrous plant with broad fairly deeply 3-5-lobed leaves, the lobes 

 oblong acuminate, thrown up in folds ; flowers extra-axillary, early 

 turning purple; calyx loose, open teeth, short with wide gaping 

 sinuses between ; bracteoles very large, the three central teeth often 

 exceeding the petals ; external and internal glands distinct but 

 naked ; seeds large, oblong, coated with dense greenish grey fuzz, 



fair amount of longish, soft, woolly floss. 



This is obviously a hybrid closer to G. mexicanum than to 

 G. hirsutum. 



(23) ' Culpepper ' from J. E. Culpepper, Luthersville, Ga. In Cul- 

 foliage this is much like the rest, but the flowers seem to be borne P e PP er - 

 on lateral flowering shoots, and the seeds are smaller and beaked, 



the fuzz rusty white and the wool less abundant, though of fair 

 quality and length. It is a hybrid of G. mexicanum x hirsutum. 



(24) ' Cummings,' from Bartow Cummings Strand, Chambers Co. Gum- 

 Ala. This is still another broad-leaved semi-glabrous plant ; leaves 

 mostly five-lobed, the lobes large, broad, and thrown up in great folds 

 between ; pods elongated ; seeds large, coarsely formed, beaked, with 

 grey rusty fuzz and fair amount of woolly white floss. It is a hybrid 



of G. mexicanum. 



IX. BIG BOLL STOBM PROOF SERIES. Mr. Dewey (I. c.) observes of Storm 

 this series ' The Big Boll Storm Proof cottons are especially adapted 

 to the conditions in Texas, where they originated. The seed cotton 

 is held in the open boll, which hangs downwards, protecting it from 

 rain and wind. The bracts of the involucre are especially large. In 

 many of the other Big Boll varieties the seed cotton does not cling to 

 the boll and is easily blown out.' 



(25) 'Triumph' from A. D. Mebane, Lockhart, Texas. This is Triumph, 

 said to be specially adapted to Texas, where it, as also the other 



Big Boll Storm Proof forms, originated. Leaves very large, five- 

 lobed, the lobes triangular acuminate, petioles very long, glands 

 three below ; bracteoles very large, coarse ; wool held firmly together 

 in the open boll ; seeds large, coarse, with dense grey white fuzz and 



