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sected, and most of them 5-lobed, whereas in the plant seen by me 

 the majority are only 3-lobed. The calyx tube is figured and 

 described as much shorter, and the teeth relatively very much more 

 suddenly and pronouncedly tailed, than would seem to be the case. 

 Neither in the Herbarium of Florence, nor in that of Naples, was I 

 able to discover a type-sheet, that is to say, an example of this 

 species named in Parlatore's own handwriting. Still, the specimens 

 above indicated constitute a good species, and I believe they are the 

 plant intended to be described by Parlatore. 



38. G. PUEPTTRASCENS, Poir., Lamk., Encycl. Method. Bot. Supp. 

 (pub. 1811), ii., 369 also in Diet, des Scien. Nat. XL, 1818 p. 40 / 

 Brown Bearded Cotton, Edwards, Hist. Br. Col. of West Indies, 1793, 

 n., pp. 270-1 ; Coton Indien also Coton Siam, in Bohr, Obs. sur. la 

 Cult, du Coton 1807, pp. 37-43 ; G. GLABBUM, Lamk., Encycl. n., 

 p. 135 (in part) ; G.BACEMOSUM, Poir., Supp. Lamk., Encycl. n., 

 (nonBohr) 370; G. PUBPUBASCENS and G.BACEMOSUM, DC., Prod. 

 1824, i., 457 ; G . BABBADENSE, Boxb., Fl. Ind. HI., 187 ; G . PUB- 

 PUBASCENS, Mac/., Fl. Jam. (1837) 73 ; G. PUBPUBASCENS, 

 (Bourbon Cotton) Boyle, Cotton in India, 1851, pp. 147, 151, t. HI., 

 /. 2; Andersson, Om Galapagos-oarnes Veget. in Kongl. Vet. 

 Akadem. Handl. (1853), p. 228 ; G. BABBADENSE, Wight, Elust. 

 vol. i., p. 57, t. 28 a; G. PUBPUBASCENS, Todaro, Belaz. Cult, del 

 Cot. (1877-78), p. 244-7 ; also G. BACEMOSUM, Tod., I.e. p. 268-70, 

 exclude t. xn.,/. 35. 



The Bourbon and Porto Eico Cottons, sometimes also called 

 Siam Cotton. Through a mistake this has been included by some 

 authors under G. barbadense, owing to the seeds being naked in both 

 species. 



Desorip- The readiest eye-marks to distinguish this species are its 



perennial habit ; twigs angled, purplish, sub-glabrous and glaucose ; 

 leaves small and for the most part having 3 lobes, the laterals of 

 which point outwards and upwards ; glands one on middle vein 

 near the bottom ; bracteoles sub-rotund, deeply gashed, and peduncle 

 terminated in 3 glands, within the auricles of the bracteoles ; calyx 

 large, loose, truncate or shortly toothed, never tailed ; seeds smooth, 

 large and nearly naked, though true wool copious and silky. (See 

 Plate No. 44.) 



It ia a climbing shrub or scrambling small tree (15 to 20 feet) with 

 its long branches purpurascent, prominently negro-papillose, sub-glabrous, 



