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No. 48. GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE, LINN. 

 VAR. MARITIMA, WATT (SEA ISLAND COTTON.) 



Photographic reproduction (half life size) of a coloured drawing designed 

 to manifest the characteristic features of the plant of modern commerce. 



(a) Three celled fruit : (<5) naked black seed with its 2 inch long floss : 

 (c) bud showing form of calyx and internal glands alternating with the 



